a custom-house officer to make him master of her secret. Calling to her side the lap-dog, who was to all strangers a very snappish little cur, she asked the officer to fetch a knife and rip the little creature open. Like a few of the dogs (which have sometimes even proved to be rats) sold in the streets of London, it gloried outwardly in a false skin; and between the false skin and the true skin was space enough to provide a thin cur with the comfortable fatness proper to a lady's pet, by means of a warm padding of the finest lace. In the reign of Louis the Eighteenth-it may be noted by the way-very fierce dogs were trained to carry valuable watches and small articles under false skins across the frontier. They were taught to know and avoid the uniform of a custom-house officer. Swift, cunning, and fierce, they were never to be taken alive, although they were sometimes pursued and shot. Not very long ago, a great number of false banknotes was put into circulation within the dominions of the Czar. They could only have been imported; but although the strictest search was made habitually over every vessel entering a Russian port, no smuggling of false notes was discovered. So strict is meant to be the scrutiny at Russian custom-houses, that the ship-captain, who is bound to give an inventory of every article on board, may fall into unheard-of trouble if he forget so much as his own private Canary-bird. There was an English Captain once at Cronstadt, who, by accident, forgot to enter a fine turtle upon his list. He told the leading custom-house official plainly and honestly of his unfortunate omission, and the functionary, who was a good-natured man, saw no plain way out of the difficulty. He recommended that the matter should be glossed over by assuming that the turtle was intended for the emperor. The captain did, therefore, declare that, if he had not entered the turtle, it was because it had been brought expressly as an Englishman's gift to the Czar, and to the Czar the turtle was despatched accordingly. Soon after wards there arrived a government messenger in quiring for this most courteous of captains, who brought the gracious thanks of the Czar Nicholas, together with the gift of a gold snuff-box, embellished with the autocratic cipher set in diamonds. Instead of fine and persecution there were gifts and honors for this lucky sailor. But when, afterwards, some other trading captains, acting, as they imagined, cunningly upon the hint, brought turtles to exchange for snuff-boxes, his astute majesty quietly made the turtles into soup, but declined by any act of exchange to add snuff-boxes to the articles of Russian trade shipped at the port of Cronstadt. Now to go back to the forged notes. Accident brought also that mystery to light. Several cases of lead-pencils arrived one day from England, and were being examined, when one of them fell out from a package, and the custom-house officer picking it up, cut it to a point, and used it to sign the order which delivered up the cases to the consignee. He kept the one loose pencil for his own use; and a few days afterwards, because it needed a fresh point, cut it again, and found that there was no more lead. Another chip into the cedar brought him to a roll of paper nested in a hollow place. This paper was one of the false notes, engraved in London, and thus passed into the dominions of the Muscovite. My Phoebe ne'er beguiles her grief In Grisi's smartest way, In conquest's brief delight: The winter of a fright; The cloud that chilled her bloom, and dimmed Were merely in bad taste; DINING IN PARIS. four or five long deal boards are placed on the tres- The rag-gatherers or chiffonniers have eating-houses of their own in the Quartier St. Jacques, behind the The storm that drove her heart distraught A writer in the Revue de Paris, M. Fournel, on All visitors to Paris cannot but have been struck by the immense number of wine shops. M. Fournel commences his cruise among cheap refreshment shops and eating-houses with some interesting details touching these establishments. According to M. Fournel, we ought not to speak disparagingly of the marchands de vins. If some of them prove the ruin of many who frequent them, the fault is to be laid at their door rather than at that of the vendors. Many of those who turn up their noses at them have probably more than once slily dived into their recesses for economical refreshment. In fact, (says M. Fournel,) if every time one's mouth felt parched in a hot Paris summer's day, an ice at Tortoni's or a glass of soda-water at the Café Cardinal, were the only During the last epidemic fever which displayed means at hand to allay one's thirst, the luxury would itself in this country as a rage for antique furniture, prove rather expensive for those not basking in the much of this was imported from the Netherlands. smiles of fortune. But at the wine shop, for two sous A shrewd Dutch tradesman very much preferred an (one penny), the average price of the consommaorder for sofas and chairs to an order for sideboards tion," you may quietly enjoy your canon of wine, or Horsehair, he knew, was plentiful your "groseille," and eau de Seltz, sit for an hour in enough in England; the duty upon tea, however, the cool shady back parlor, and read the Siecle. was excessive; and by an arrangement entered into The waiter expects no gratuity. Most of these winewith his English agent, it was understood that tea shop-keepers also keep a restaurant, of which M. should be used, instead of hay or horsehair, as the Fournel speaks highly. Many of these hybrid estabstuffing of all cushions attached to furniture trans-lishments have been the origin of some of the most mitted by his house. In this way there was a fortune made.-Household Words. or tables. MY OLD SWEETHEART. My Phoebe twines no evergreens Nor dreams that she is young again, My love affects no nimble feats, That was a proud occasion She played the Herodian part- famous gastronomic houses on the Boulevards-teste qui potest archaicis conviva recumbere lectis, GLASGOW COSTUME.-1790. The Gentlemen and tradesmen invariably wore darkblue coats, with clear buttons, not double-breasted, as in modern days, but having buttons on one side only; the vest being usually of the same cloth and color, with deep pockets and pocket-lids. breeches of tradesmen were always of corduroy, buckled at the knee; with which they wore rig-andfur stockings, and shoes pointed at the toes, fastened with bright brass buckles; while their costume was completed with a cocked-hat. The garb of the higher classes was not much different, except in quality, the buttons on their coats being gilt, and the shoe and knee buckles of silver. With the exception of young boys and clergymen, every man in the city wore long hair, soaked with pomatum and covered with powder; some having their hair wrapped round with a silk ribbon, lying on their backs like a pigtail; while others had a bunch of their hair bound with a knot of ribbon, dangling on their shoulders, called a club. At that period, too, the dress of the ladies was at perfect antipodes to that which we meet with on the streets of Glasgow at this moment. Instead of the small fly-away bonnet of the young ladies of the present day, we find that their grandmothers and great-grandmothers sported towering head-dresses-their hair being all hard-curled, anointed with scented pomatum and white with pow der. There was, perhaps, not such a contrast in the shape of the gown, it being then worn particularly long-waisted; but, in place of the now neat boots or satin slippers, there was nothing then in use but shoes, with sharp-pointed toes, ornamented with stone and cut-glass buckles, all having French heels, at least three inches high, and as small as a man's middle-finger; and a large fan completed this fashionable toilet.-When ladies had occasion to walk out, the streets were so full of puddles and mud as to render the use of pattens almost universal; and, from umbrellas being yet unknown in the city, each woman found it necessary in wet weather (and Heaven knows how often, if the climate was no better then than it is now!) in order to protect herself against wind and rain, to don a duffel cloak or black silk calash; which last looked like "a huge floating balloon, enclosing the whole paraphernalia of the head-dress,"-Glasgow and its Clubs, POETICAL STATEMENT. What British adviser, for instance, of matters to be given in on oath, would venture on such a poetical statement as the following, which I took down, one day, in the Irish Court of Common Pleas :"And this deponent farther saith, that on arriving at the house of the said defendant, situate in the County of Galway aforesaid, for the purpose of per: sonally serving him with the said writ, he, the said deponent, knocked three several times at the outer, commonly called the hall door, but could not obtain admittance; whereupon this deponent was proceeding to knock a fourth time, when a man, to this deponent unknown, holding in his hand a musket or blunderbuss, loaded with balls or slugs, as this deponent has since heard and verily believes, appeared at one of the upper windows of said house, and, presenting said musket or blunderbuss at this deponent, threatened, that if said deponent did not instantly retire, he would send his, this deponent's, soul to hell;' which this deponent verily believes he would have done, had not this deponent precipitately escaped."-Sketches of the Irish Bar, by Richard Lalor Shiel. "Scolding women," says Chamberlayne," are to be set in a trebuchet, commonly called a cucking stool, from the French Coquin,' and the German "Stuhl,' placed over some deep water, into which they are thrice let down, to cool their choler and heat." In 1705, one Mrs. Foxby was convicted of being a scold at the Maidstone sessions; and as late as 1776, according to Mr. Weeld's letter in the Gentleman's Magazine for 1803, the cucking stool or trumbril, as it was sometims called, was the preliminary punishment of women committed to the Liverpool house of correction. Gay alludes to this punishment, in his "Shepherd's Week:" I'll speed me to the pond, where the high stool Down in the deep the stool descends, Will make it burn up but the higher; And, rather than your patient lose, BOOK AUCTIONS IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY Book auctions were by no means common during the seventeenth century. They became fashionable at its close, and the death of Dr. Francis Bernard, who was an eminent physician, made them important. His library was sold in 1698, and produced no less a sum than £1600. Upon this occasion, a wellknown collector of books being recognized in the crowd which attended the sale, was appealed to by the auctioneer, "Arch" Millington, as he was called, who remarked that there was an important observation written in the volume he was about to sell, in Dr. Bernard's own hand. The consequence of this intimation produced a spirit of rivalry among the bidders; but when the book was "knocked down" at a high price, the purchaser read, to his astonishment "I have perused this book, and it is not worth a farthing."-Leisure Hour. NOTES AND QUERIES. MR. EDITOR,-I think H. H. B. is wrong in his Query No. 2, respecting the origin of our vulgar phrase, "another guess sort of." It is certainly no Americanism. "Guess," in this phrase, is a corruption of "guise," as is to be seen from Field. ing's play, "The Grub Street Opera," Act III., Scene XI., where Susan, the cook, exclaims, "Give you a kiss? When I am kissed it shall be by another guise sort of fellow than you." This is evidently the original form of the expression. D. G. B. New Haven, Conn. EDITOR CRITERION.-I lately heard used the expression "Breeches Bible," which I am at a loss to understand. Perhaps you can explain it. R. C. ["Breeches Bible" relates to an early edition, in which the passage, Gen. iii. 7, is rendered "and they sewed fig leaves together, and made themselves breeches.”—ED.] "In the month of March, 1634, Mr. [John] Endicott of Salem was calied' before the court to answer for defacing the cross in the ensign; but, because the court could not agree about the thing, whether the ensigns should be laid by, in re gard that many refused to follow them, the whole cause was deferred till the next general court; and the commissioners for military affairs, gave order in the mean time, that all the ensigns should be laid aside, "At the next court, Mr. Endicott was ordered to be 'sadly admonished' for cutting the cross out of the king's colors, and to be disabled for one year from bearing any publick of fice.' He was instigated to do this by Roger Williams, who considered it as a relique of antichristian superstition.' In 165, each military company was to have colors, the cross to be left out. The objection to the cross in the en-ign, was, that it was idolatrous and sinful. It was deemed of so much consequence, that the ministers promised to take pains about it, and to write into England to have the judgments of the most wise and godly there.' In this state of feeling, Mr. Thomas Milward, mate of the ship Hector,' and who was afterward one of the proprietors of Newbury, spake to some of our people aboard his ship, June, 1636,] that we had not the king's colours at our fort, we were all traitors and rebels,' and so forth. Such language could not, in the opinion of our fathers, be tolerated. He was accordingly sent for, the words proved against him, and he committed. He was discharged on signing a submission," MR. EDITOR,-H.'s derivation and affinities of the word Bapßapos are, as he says, principally negative. On its deri vation and real meaning much can be found in Pascal Duprat's Races Anc. et Mod. de l'Afrique Septent. Ch. II., p. 63, et seq., under the head Synonymie historique du mot Libyen et du mot Berber ou Barbar. As this work is somewhat rare in this country I will give you the essence of his remarks. The name Berber, or Barbar, which our author considers essentially the same, Hellenized to Bapßapos, and Latinized to barbarus, the Egyptians applied to all foreigners (just as the Chinese and Arabs do a similar word at the present day). So says Herodotus; but Duprat holds that it was originally applied only to the Beranis, descendents of Ber, son of Tamla, son of Ma zig, son of Cam, or Canaan, of Mosaical mention, and that Berber, or Barbar, is simply a repetition of Ber, the name of the tribe's founder. The common opinion of lexicographers is, that it is a Greek imitation of the confused pronunciation of foreigners. Simi. lar to this is the derivation from the Arabic berberat, a confused intermingling of unintelligible sounds. 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SON, the business of Publishing and Selling of Books will be continued with increased facilities, at the old stand. DERBY & JACKSON, 119 Nassau-street, New York. CAMP FIRES OF THE RED MEN; or, A Hundred Years Ago. By J. R. Orton, M. D. With Illustra tions. 12mo. $1 25. JACKSON AND NEW ORLEANS. An Authentic Narrative of the Memorable Achievements of the American Army, under Andrew Jackson, before New Orleans, in the Winter of 1814-15. By Alexander Walker, (late of the N. O. Delta.) With Frontispiece. 12mo. 81 25. Saturday, January 26th, DREAMS AND REALITIES OF A PASTOR AND A HUNTER'S LIFE AMONG LIONS, ELEPHANTS, Parties, favoring us with their business, may be assured that every attention, both as to distribution of catalogues and extensive advertising, will be given to their interests, and every effort made to secure the ALONE. By Marion Harland. A new and revised attendance and comfort of purchasers. Accounts of sales will be promptly rendered, and settled without delay, and cash advances made, when required. LEAVITT, DELISSER & CO., N. B.-Every article offered at Auction by this house, will be positively sold to the highest bidder. No goods at private sale, or offered for sale, when limited. Rooms of the Publishers' Association, New York, Dec. 13, 1855. Messrs. LEAVITT, DELISSER & Co.-GENTLEMEN,-Your letter of the 10th instant is at hand, enclosing a proposition to conduct the next regular Trade Sale for the Publishers' Association. We have the pleasure to inform you, that at the regular meeting of the Association, it was unanimously edition, uniform with "The Hidden Path." 12mo., #1 25. NEARLY READY. THE ISLAND OF CUBA. By Alexander Humboldt. WOMAN'S FAITH. A Tale of Southern Life. 12mo. THE GREEN MOUNTAIN GIRLS. A Story of Vermont. THE CREOLE ORPHANS. A Tale of Louisiana. By J. S. WAU BUN; or, The Early Day in the North West. By Mrs RESOLVED "That the proposition of Messrs. 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Bills must be settled before the delivery of the goods, and within fifteen days after the sale. All bills not settled within twenty days, to be subject to an addition of one per cent; and interest, insurance, and storage to be charged, until settled for. All goods not settled for within thirty days, to be re-sold, on account of the purchaser, or returned to the contributors. Any imperfections required by the purchasers, are to be applied for to the contributors, within four A NEW NOVEL, by A. S. Roe, author of "A Long Look months of the day of sale. Chase in Northern Africa," translated from the French of Ahead." EDITORIAL Publishers' Prospects, Literary Intelligence,. Literary Gossip, MUSIC, FINE ARTS American Musical Talent, Booksellers and Publishers, NEW YORK, WILL REMOVE ON THE 15TH OF FEBRUARY, 1856, TO 321 BROADWAY, OPPOSITE THE BROADWAY THEATRE. MOSS & BROTHER, 12 South Fourth Street, Philadelphia. PAGE 211 212 214 214 215 215 215 216 216 216 217 218 219 220 221 221 THIS Book is designed to meet the want of every man in the community, who is engaged in any kind of active business. It affords a lucid explana218 tion of the best modes of keeping exact accounts of 219 business transactions of all kinds, whether large or small, and imparts such information as every merchant, mechanic, farmer, clerk, or laborer should understand. It is well, perhaps, that most men have "to work for a living," but it is certainly un221 fortunate that so few are able to keep an accurate account of their "work." This is frequently the case with persons engaged for themselves in business on a small scale, and even with many whose whole financial affairs consist simply in the receipt of stipulated salaries for services rendered. It is important that every individual, in a busy and industrious community like ours, should be master of a ready and at the same time reliable system of book-keeping. Accounts negligently recorded will lead to as many errors as a bad memory entirely unassisted. POST-BIBLICAL HISTORY OF THE JEWS, from the close of the Old Testament, about the year 420 B. C. E., to the destruction of the Second Temple, in the The Publishers have great pleasure in announcing this work, both from the intrinsic interest of the subject, and the distinguished merits of its author. Few men are better qualified by character, acquirements and personal interest, to do justice to such a theme. To schools such a work as this is almost indispen sable. No reason can be assigned why a boy who is thentic narrative of the Memorable Achievements of the American Army, under Andrew Jackson, before New Or leans, in the Winter of 1814-15. By Alexander Walker (late of the N. O. Delta.) With Frontispiece. 12mo. $1 25 CONTENTS. Jackson's First Entry into New Orleans. Lafitte, the Patriot. Jackson clears his Flanks. The British Review and Embarkation. The British Landing and Bivouac. The Alarm-The Rally-The March. Battle of the Twenty-third of December, 1814. A Demonstration and a Defeat. The British bring up their Big Guns. Two Notable Warriors and Revolutionists. The Battle of New Orleans-The Victory. English and Foreign Books. THE LONDON PUBLISHERS CIRCULAR AND GENERAL RECORD OF BRITISH AND FOREIGN LITERATURE, published on the 1st and 15th of each month, will be forwarded direct from the London office per mail, to any address in the United States, upon the payment of $2 per annum, to Messrs. Bangs, Bro. & Co., Park Row, New York. American Agency in England. Sampson Low, Son & Co., English & American booksellers, 47 Ludgate Hill, publishers of the "Circular," undertake the collection and forwarding orders for English books-the sale of American books in England-and the agency of all matters connected with bookselling and publishing communicatons may be addressed direct or to the care of Messrs. Bangs, Brother & Co. C. S. 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Educated a Rabbi, receiving the degree of Doctor in Philosophy, in recognition of unsurpassed attainments in Hebrew Literature-a profound thinker, a practised writer, and an acceptable lecturer, on the Poetry as well as the History of his People, Dr. Raphall has thrown all his energies into this work-a work heretofore often attempted, but until now never completed. For his own people this narrative should have great and peculiar attractions, embracing a portion of their nation's will desire unsurpassed interest. No Student of History but that nation, whose sufferings and wrongs give added interest to so many scenes in the great drama of human existence, while to the general reader it presents thrilling scenes and striking incidents, detailed in language worthy of the subject. Two duodecimo volumes of over 400 pages each, printed on fine, thick white paper, neatly bound in cloth. Price, $2.50. to read a well authenticated detail of the life of subject, but inculcates the habit of putting it into perfectly intelligible and simple. It proposes and |