wishing to become instructresses, for their arduous task. The advantages to be enjoyed at the school, may be, in part, learned by the following, extracted from the printed catalogue, to which we refer those who wish for further information, and which is a very well written exposition of the opinions of Mr. Bailey, on the subject of monitorial instruction.

"The plan of The Young Ladies' High School, contemplates a liberal and extensive course of tuition. Pupils are admitted as soon as they can read fluently any common English author; and instruction is given in all the usual branches of female education, with the exception of music and dancing. In addition to the regular studies, lectures are delivered by the Principal of the school, once a week, on which the scholars are subsequently examined; many of whom take notes, more or less copious, which are submitted to the teacher for correction.

The school will be furnished with an extensive and complete philosophical apparatus, in the collection of which, considerable progress has been made. Among the articles already obtained, most of which have been imported, are, a pair of Cary's best twenty-one inch Globes,-a highly finished Solar Microscope, with a great variety of objects, mostly connected with Natural History,Ferguson's Compound Engine, exhibiting all the simple Mechanical Powers, a complete Pneumatic apparatus,-a Tellurian,-a Cometarium, and a very valuable Orrery. Various other articles, necessary for illustration and experiment, have been ordered; and it is hoped that the whole apparatus may be completed during the present season.”

Cornhill High School for young Ladies, is under the care of Rev. J. L. Blake. This gentleman has been long known, and is deservedly celebrated for his talents as an Instructor. The attention he has bestowed on education, as a science, may be inferred, from the various and useful books he has compiled, or otherwise prepared, for the use of schools. One who knows so well how youth should be taught, can hardly fail of being a good teacher. In his seminary, young ladies are instructed in the various branches of literature usually taught in the best schools, as may be gathered, by reference to the Magazine Advertiser. There is, also, one advantage enjoyed at his school, which will have an influence with some parents-his number of pupils is limited, and will never be larger than he can superintend personally.

Bonfils' Institution for Young Ladies.-Mr. and Mrs. Bonfils are at the head of this establishment, and therefore, in our opinion, it does possess an essential advantage, for perfecting the education of females, over those seminaries, where men alone preside. Mrs. Bonfils is a native of NewEngland, an amiable, elegant, and accomplished woman; she will, with a woman's tact, know how to infuse that gentleness of character, that gracefulness of manner, which young ladies, who are destined to move in polished society, should be sedulous to acquire; otherwise their knowledge will lose half its value.

The system of education, proposed to be followed at this Institution, may be satisfactorily learned from the statements made in the Magazine Advertiser-and we are happy to say, that we understand, those parents who have, in this city, committed their daughters to the care of Mr. and Mrs. Bonfils, are satisfied with the result thus far. We hope they will be successful; indeed, it seems hardly possible, that an Institution, offering such advantages for young ladies, should not be popular in Boston.

THE BLIND.

THE recent effort made in this city, respecting the estab lishment of an Institution, for the education of the Blind, has given rise to many inquiries respecting that unfortunate class of individuals. Of course, more than usual interest is attached to whatever relates to their peculiar feelings. We make these observations, by way of introduction to a little poem, written by "E. Rushton, the interesting and philanthropic blind Bookseller of Liverpool," which has been sent us, by a subscriber," with a request for its insertion. in the Magazine. We do not admit selected articles into our work; not that we think original ones are always to be preferred, for their intrinsic excellence; but we do think, some efforts should be used to manufacture our own literature, as well as laces; and that women may aid a little in the one, as well as the other. So very patriotically, we deal wholly in American manufactured articles; and if they have but little value, that value will be American. But for

once we waive our rule; and feel confident the following touching and beautiful strain will be received by our readers, as a full apology.

BLINDNESS.

Ah! think if June's delicious rays,
The eye of Sorrow can illume,
Or wild December's beamless days,
Can fling o'er all a transient gloom.

Ah! think, if skies obscure or bright,

Can thus depress or cheer the mind;
Ah! think 'midst clouds of utter night,
What mournful moments wait the Blind!

And who shall tell his cause for wo!
To love the wife he ne'er will see;

To be a sire, yet not to know

The silent babe that climbs his knee;

To have his feelings daily torn,
With pain the passing meal to find;
To live distress'd, and die forlorn,
Are ills that oft await the Blind.

When to the breezy uplands led,

At noon, or blushing eve, or morn,
He hears the redbreast o'er his head,

While round him breathes the scented thorn.

But oh! instead of nature's face,

Hills, dales, and woods, and streams combin'd;

Instead of tints, and forms, and grace,

Night's blackest mantle shrouds the Blind.

If rosy youth, bereft of sight,

'Midst countless thousands pines unblest, As the gay flower, withdrawn from light, Bows to the earth where all must rest;

Ah! think, when Life's declining hours
To chilling penury are consign'd,
And pain has palsied all his powers,

Oh! think what woes await the Blind!

LITERARY NOTICES.

"THE FAMILY MONITOR." Boston, Crocker & Brewster. On opening the volume, we are first presented with a portrait of the author, Rev. J. A. James; a very goodly personage, whose honest breadth of countenance, gives ample promise of that benevolence, which, in an eminent degree, breathes in the spirit, and character of his writings. He states in his preface, "that it is an unquestionable truth, if a man be not happy at home, he can be happy no where; and the converse of the proposition is no less true, that he, who is happy at home, need be miserable no where." To promote domestic happiness, therefore, was the aim of Mr. James; and we cannot but believe the book before us will have that effect. Men are more usually made miserable, by their mistaken notions of what constitutes felicity, than by real calamities. But when the exertions of good and learned men, for the amelioration of society, are rationally directed to the teaching of relative duties rather than religious creeds, we may hope the world will grow better, as well as wiser.

The attention now given to infant education, will have a tendency to draw more and more the scrutiny of philosophers and people of discernment, towards the vast influence which the manner of domestic life has on the destiny of the world. We rejoice at this, because we believe the investigation of the subject will lead to more just notions of the rights of women, and a more reasonable regard to their feelings, than has yet been, generally speaking, granted them by their "lords."

The real good of the sexes must be sought, by both, in the promotion of each other's happiness. Selfishness never yet conferred felicity. And this truth, Mr. James very well illustrates in the mutual and special duties of husbands and wives." We give an extract from the "special duties" of both, at the same time, cordially recommending the book to all our married subscribers, and all who intend to be married.

DUTIES OF HUSBANDS.

Christ's love to his church was DURABLE and UNCHANGEABLE. Having loved his own, he loved them to the end," without abatement or alteration: so ought husbands to love their wives, not only at the beginning but to the end of their union; when the charms of beauty have fled before the withering influence of disease; when the vigorous and sprightly frame has lost its elasticity, and the step has become slow and faltering: when the wrinkles of age have succeeded to the bloom of youth, and the whole person seems rather the monument, than the resemblance, of what it once was. Has she not gained

in mind what she has lost in exterior fascinations? Have not her mental graces, flourished amidst the ruins of personal charms? If the rose and the lily have faded on the cheek, have not the fruits of righteousness grown in the soul? If those blossoms have departed, on which the eye of youthful passion gazed with so much ardor, has it not been to give way to the ripe fruit of christian excellence? The woman is not what she was, but the wife, the mother, the christian, are better than they were. For an example of conjugal love in all its power and excellence, point me not to the bride and bridegroom displaying during the first month of their union all the watchfulness and tenderness of affection, but let me look upon the husband and wife of fifty, whose love has been tried by the lapse and the changes of a quarter of a century, and who through this period and by these vicissitudes, have grown in attachment and esteem; and whose affection, if not glowing with all the fervid heat of a midsummer's day, is still like the sunshine of an October noon, warm and beautiful, as reflected amidst autumnal tints.

DUTIES OF WIVES.

It is assumed by the Apostle as an indisputable and general fact, that "the married woman careth how she may please her husband." All her conduct should be framed upon this principle, to give him contentment and to increase his delight in her. Let her appear contented with her lot, and that will do much to render him content with his while, on the other hand, nothing is more likely to generate discontent in his heart, than the appearance of it in her. Let her by cheerful good humor diffuse an air of pleasantness over his dwelling. Let her guard as much as possible against a gloomy and moody disposition, which causes her to move about with the silence and cloudiness of a spectre; for who likes to dwell in a haunted house? She should always welcome him across his threshhold with a smile, and ever put forth all her ingenuity in studying to please him, by consulting his wishes, by surprising him occasionally by those unlooked for and ingenious devices of affection, which though small in themselves, are the proofs of a mind intent upon the business of giving pleasure. The greater acts of reverent and respectful love, are often regarded as matters of course, and as such produce little impression; but the lesser acts of attention, which come not in the usual routine of conjugal duties, and into the every day offices which may be calculated upon with almost as much certainty as the coming of the hour which they are to occupy, these freewill offerings of an inventive and active regard, these extra tokens of respect, and expressions of regard, have a mighty power to attach a husband to his wife, they are the cords of love, the bands of a man. In all her personal and domestic habits, her first care then, next to that of pleasing God, must be to please him, and thus hold to herself that heart, which cannot wander from her without carrying her happiness with it, and which, when once departed, cannot be restored by any power short of omnipotence itself.

"THE VILLAGE CHOIR." Boston, S. G. Goodrich & Co. This is a very interesting book, and certainly proves, that much merit may be contained in a small compass. It presents a vivid sketch of some of the peculiar traits in our New-England character; and the author has shown talents of no ordinary stamp, in thus investing, with the power and pathos of sentiment, what would seem to be so totally devoid of attraction, to persons of taste, as the bickerings among the performers, and changes in the style of sacred music, exhibited during ten years, in the choir of an humble country village.