in Paris. I soon found him, and he received me very kindly. He has charge of a congregation in one of the churches of the Swiss Establishment,-Calvinistic; but he told me that he was accustomed to preach the new doctrines quite plainly, and that the people did not offer much objection to them. He was known, he said, to be a disciple of Swedenborg: he had, moreover, placed the works in the hands of some of his congregation, and two or three had begun to read with interest. He had been a receiver of the doctrines about eight years, having first heard of them from some of the society in Paris. He had resided some time in England, and speaks English well; his native tongue is French, and in that he preaches, it being the language of that part of Switzerland. From remarks dropped by M. Jacquier, I should think his present situation not in all respects an agreeable one; and I expressed the hope that, under Divine Providence, an opening might be made for him in a field of more extensive use, in Paris perhaps. He thought it not impossible, at a future time. Madame Jacquier, a very agreeable and warm-hearted woman, is a native of Paris. After much interesting conversation I took my leave, much pleased with my visit.

From Vevey I took the steamer down the lake to Geneva. This place was interesting, from literary and theological associations. It happening to be Sunday afternoon, I stepped into a church, and heard a sermon from the very pulpit, as I afterwards learned, from which John Calvin used to proclaim those hard doctrines which have so darkened and saddened the Christian world. But his reign is nearly over in this place. A great portion of the clergy have, it is said, adopted Socinian views, D'Aubigny only, with a few others, still adhering to the old system of theology. I trust that a brighter and purer theology than either of these will one day dawn on Geneva.

Two or three miles from Geneva is Ferney, the famed residence of Voltaire. I visited it. The old mansion, which once rang with the mirth of the profane and the jests of scoffers, is now silent and desolate, and fast going to decay. All the furniture is removed-rubbish covers the floors-nothing remains to tell the tale of the past but the bust of Voltaire himself, which still stands there, smiling sarcastically amidst the desolation.

From Geneva I proceeded to Chamouni and Mont Blanc, and had a fine view of the grand old mountain-his head and shoulders white as the driven snow. From the village of Martigny, further on, I ascended the mountain-pass, to the hospice of St. Bernard, where I passed the night, well entertained by the hospitable brethren of the monastery. This company of monks really perform some use in the world, giving entertainment, as they do, to travellers, and going out, in times of storm, to search for those who may be about perishing in these fierce mountain solitudes. This thought much increased my interest in the place. Returning to Martigny, we passed the Alps by Napoleon's famous road over the Simplon, and crossing Lake Maggiore, went on to Milan; thence, after surveying the magnificent cathedral, I proceeded by diligence to Genoa, and thence took the steamer to Leghorn, and thence proceeded by railway to Pisa and Florence.

Through all this long route, after leaving Vevey, no gleam of New Church light had crossed my eyes,-no word of it had sounded in my ears. But now I found a little oasis in the desert. At Florence I found and soon became acquainted with Mr. Hiram Powers, the distinguished American sculptor,-him whose beautiful work, the "Greek Slave," is now, I believe, exhibiting in the United States, and an article upon which I was happy to observe in a late number of the New Jerusalem Magazine. Mr. Powers is a receiver of the New Church doctrines; he had a great portion of the works in his library then in Florence, and, as he observed, he reads them every day, as he has time and opportunity. When a youth in Cincinnati, he was in the employment of the late Mr. Leeman Watson, a most worthy member of the New Church Society there. There he obtained his first knowledge of the doctrines, and he occasionally attended the temple. He did not, however, as he remarked, think much of the matter then; but he has now a full appreciation of the high and beautiful philosophy, and clear and rational theology of the New Church. The effects of these on his mind, on his conceptions of the beautiful and the sublime, are already seen, and will yet be more fully seen hereafter, in the productions of his chisel. He is a man of simple and beautiful character, and I enjoyed his society exceedingly, as

also that of his amiable family. I was with them daily while in Florence, and found it hard to part with them. It is delightful thus to find men of high intellect and genius beginning to go for refreshment and instruction to the pure fountains of truth opened to them in the doctrines of the New Church. It is a sign that a brighter day is about dawning on the world.

From Florence I proceeded to Rome, where I again met a New Church family, in whose society I found great satisfaction-the family of Mr. J. G. Strutt, an English artist, (52, Via Babuino.) I had letters to him from friends in England, and I met with the kindest and most cordial reception. He, in the most ready manner, gave up his time while I remained in Rome, accompanied me everywhere, and in such congenial society, it may be supposed my enjoyment in examining the curiosities, ancient and modern, with which Rome is filled, was doubled. I can never forget my obligations to those kind friends, Mr. and Mrs. Strutt. They seemed, moreover, equally glad with myself at having a New Church friend to converse with, after so long an absence from such society. Mr. Strutt always has service in his family on the Lord's day. The Sunday I was in Rome, service was held, as usual, in his studio, and at his request I read a discourse"the first occasion," as Mr. Strutt pleasantly remarked, "in which the doctrines of the New Dispensation had been publicly preached in the capital of Catholicism." There was present with us, on this occasion, a young Russian, an engraver, who had been reading the doctrines for some months, with considerable interest. I trust he will go on with them till he becomes a full receiver. A son of Mr. Strutt's had lately been invited to undertake the editorship of the English newspaper in Rome; even through this medium it will, no doubt, be in his power to send forth occasionally rays of New Church light, and diffuse its sound and just views, in his comments on the events that pass under his observation. He is, moreover, good Italian scholar, and perhaps may be induced, at some future period, to undertake the translation of some of the works into that language. Who can tell the results that might follow ?

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From Rome I proceeded to Naples. The most interesting sight to me there was Vesuvius. As I stood on the edge of

the crater, wrapped in smoke, and almost stifled with the sulphur, while the mountain poured forth columns of smoke, mixed with flame, and occasionally sent up volleys of stones with a terrific noise into the air, the place seemed to me, truly, the mouth of the "bottomless pit" itself,whence the smoke" ascendeth up for ever and ever." And I asked myself, what could be the correspondence of a burning mountain like this? Was it not self-love, with its fiery evils and falsities, (smoke, flame, and stones,) which it is ever belching forth? If there are volcanoes here, must there not be such also in the other world,—and what would they be there, but openings and outbursts from the hells? This thought doubled the terrible interest of the place.

Naples was the limit I had set to my journey; and I now set out on my return, taking passage in the steamer from Naples to Marseilles, where I arrived in five days. Thence travelled by railway, diligence, and steamer, on the Rhone to Lyons, and thence to Paris. On my way through France, I stopped to pay a visit to M. Le Boys de Guays, the author of that admirable work the Letters to a Man of the World. St. Amand, the residence of M. Le Boys de Guays, is about thirty miles south of Bourges, whence there is a railway to Paris. I reached St. Amand about six in the evening, and soon found M. Le Boys de Guays' house. On hearing my name, and that I was from America, he welcomed me with much warmth and cordiality. He is rather under the middle size,—a man of quick, ardent temperament, dark hair and eyes, and small fine features, and speaks very rapidly. He is fifty-four years of age, though you would not take him for more than forty-five. His countenance has a very sincere and earnest expression, not unlike that of Dr. Tafel,-except that the one is a German and the other a Frenchman. M. Le Boys de Guays does not speak English; he reads it a little. He took me up at once into his study, where, at that table, he has laboured so many years in the cause of the New Church. He writes, as he informed me, ten hours a day,-viz. from seven to nine in the morning, from eleven to five, and then again from seven till nine in the evening. He said he was never so happy as when poring over the works of Swedenborg; he seemed then to be in the full sphere of spiritual truth, which was delightful to him. He has now reached.

the twenty-second chapter of Exodus, in his translation of the Arcana, and expects to finish the work in a few months. He then intends to undertake the Apocalypse Explained. He informed me, that he has been a receiver of the doctrines fourteen years, having become acquainted with them while on a visit to Paris, when about forty years of age. After much interesting conversation, we went out to visit some of the members of the society. The number of receivers here is about twentyfive; there are usually present at worship from twelve to fifteen. The meetings are held in M. Le Boys de Guays' house, and he officiates as minister to the society. After a pleasant evening, spent at the house of one of the members, who is married to an English lady, I returned to M. Le Boys de Guays', to pass the night. The next morning he woke me early, to take a walk with him to a neighbouring hill, which commanded a fine view of the town and surrounding country. St. Amand is rather a handsome town, of about 8,000 inhabitants; the country around is beautiful. M. Le Boys de Guays was for some time prefect of the district, but resigned the post, and at present holds no office, public or private, but, as I understood, is possessed of a moderate competency, which supports him. Returning to breakfast, I had the pleasure of being introduced to Madame Le Boys de Guays, an interesting and intelligent lady. At nine o'clock I was forced to bid adieu to my kind friends, taking the diligence to Bourges, and thence the railway to Paris, which I reached the same evening at ten o'clock. After a day or two spent in Paris, proceeded by Havre to Southampton, where I arrived October 27th, having had a most interesting and instructive tour of about three months.

T. O. PRESCOTT. Glasgow, November 22nd, 1848.

THE ANIMAL KINGDOM OF Swedenborg.

Our readers, we are certain, will be glad to learn, that the parts necessary to complete the magnificent work on the "Animal Kingdom," have recently arrived from the press in Germany. Our indefatigable friend Dr. Tafel has edited the work with his usual care and ability, from the manuscripts kindly lent for

that purpose by the Royal Academy of Sciences at Stockholm, to the Swedenborg Association in London. The "Animal Kingdom," as translated by Mr. Wilkinson, was described by Mr. Emerson, in his lectures at the Manchester Athenæum, as one of the most magnificent works of the age. "Nothing (said Mr. Emerson) could exceed his bold and brilliant treatment of a subject usually so dry and repulsivė; it was a picture of nature so wide and free, as the most impassioned poet could not have surpassed," &c.* it is obvious that the publication of the Animal Kingdom in English, and also of the philosophical works of the author, is the pioneer to the acknowledgment of Swedenborg's claims as a writer on theology, and on the loftiest subjects that can engage the human mind. We therefore congratulate the "Swedenborg Association on possessing the parts necessary to the completion of the Animal Kingdom. The general contents of the work are, 1. On the common trunks of the Carotid Arteries. 2. The common branch of the External Carotid Artery. 3. On Sensation in General. 4. On the Sense of Smell. 5. On the Ear and the Sense of Hearing. 6. On the Eye and the Sense of Vision. 7. On Light and Colours. 8. On the Senses, or, on Sensation in General. Epilogue. This chapter is of immense importance; it is suggestive of the highest philosophy in relation to the mind, its perceptions and affections, and its operations in general. 9. The rules, or laws of Harmonics, or Music, and, lastly, 10. On the Understanding and its Operations. This chapter teaches us what logic really is, or how, according to nature, we must proceed to form ideas, and to develope the powers of the mind. This work is of great importance, not only to the scientific, but to the general reader. To the teacher it presents numerous suggestions as to the development and cultivation of the mind; pointing out the true order in which we must proceed to arrive at correct ideas on all subjects, and also the relation between the natural and spiritual state of man; shewing that only in the spiritual state can the true and happy destiny of man be realised and enjoyed. The work is prepared in the usual lucid and scientific form of the author. It

* See Manchester Guardian for November 6th, 1847; and also this Periodical for December, 1847, page 461.

now remains to be seen how soon this useful work can be translated and published. Mr. Wilkinson, we are glad to hear, is girding himself again for the labour of translating, and in a short time, if properly encouraged, will present it to the public in an English dress. To this end, however, subscribers are indispensably required; who, we trust, will readily, yea, zealously come forward to assist the publication of this work, which completes the Animal Kingdom of Swedenborg.

NEW CHURCH BAZAAR AT LEEDS.

It is proposed to hold a bazaar in Albion Chapel, Leeds, in Easter week, 1849, to aid the subscription for the purchase of the church in which the society worship, it having been offered to the society on advantageous terms. All friends of the church, and especially the ladies, who are always so active on these occasions, will be rendering the greatest services, by supplying articles of every description, both for use and ornament, which are generally on such occasions exhibited for sale. In a future number of this periodical, the name of some friend in each town, who will act as agent to receive donations of work or goods, will be given; in the mean time, communications may be addressed to the Rev. R. Edleston, Elmwood-place, Leeds.

and interesting address, introduced the subject for the evening's consideration, "The character and mission of Swedenborg." He gave very many instances in which Swedenborg had been spoken of, by the greatest men of his own and the present age, as a truly illustrious, pious, and intelligent individual, and his works as by no means inferior in depth of thought, and the soundest reasoning, to any of the philosophers whom the world has ever known. These testimonies applied in some instances to Swedenborg's theological, in others to his philosophical writings. The professed mission of Swedenborg was briefly explained, and its claims to acceptance defended. The general charge of “madman," "visionary,” and "imposter," were also glanced at, and refuted. In the course of the evening, the Rev. J. Crompton, who had been invited to attend, was requested to address the meeting. He kindly consented to do so, and interested the audience for some time, by a pleasing and instructive speech, in which he took the opportunity to say a few words relative to his opinion of the want of real charity, and of the exclusive character of most of the different sects of professing Christians. After stating some of the points on which he agreed with the New Church, the reverend gentleman recommended between every denomination a hearty union, coöperation, and sometimes a change of pulpits, and urged the duty of their endeavouring to ascertain, not so much in what they differed, as in what they were agreed. Addresses were afterwards delivered by Mr. Nockolds and others, the speaking during the evening being very agreeably interspersed by the performances of Mr. Warne on the piano, who introduced some of his sweet morceaux, accompanying himself on the keyed flageolet, which had a most pleasing effect. Mr. J. F. Hill also had selected some appropriate pieces, which were delightfully executed by two young ladies and two or three gentlemen, himself presiding at the piano with his usual taste and ability.