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his mother what was the reason there could not be more such good young ladies ?

Frederick, in returning, fell into a deep train of reflections, and began to feel a high degree of esteem for a young lady that he had never

seen.

It is needless to detain the reader with all the particulars respecting these persons. Frederick had a sister, who, by her excellence of mind and heart, deserved to be his sister. Carolina Hulbert and her brother both became acquainted with the amiable orphan girl; and every day of their acquaintance increased their respect and attachment for each other. Frederick and Jane have been, for some time, married, and enjoy that happiness, which they only who love virtue for its intrinsic worth can truly know.

Mrs. Hulbert has lost her uncle: but he became entirely reconciled before he died; and, by his will, left her almost every thing which he possessed. Such kind attention was paid him, in his sickness, by his niece and her husband, as gave him different views from what he had believed in before, and prepared his mind for a train of thought more suited to that situation to which he was rapidly ap

proaching. Mr. Hulbert's only child, a very promising little boy, is named Philip Garon; and it appeared to be a great comfort to the old gentleman's mind, before he died, to reflect that when he should lie mouldering to dust, that child might rise to distinction, and, by his name, preserve the remembrance that such a person as himself had once lived. He presented to the little babe his gold-headed cane, and a number of other articles, to which he was himself particularly attached.

Mr. Bland, Jane's early and generous patron, in consequence of a severe misfortune which attended him, was thrown into a situation of great perplexity in his affairs; and after a series of exertions, beyond what his constitution was able to support, his family were brought to feel what most of all they feared, in having him taken from their fond affection.

Mrs. Bland, soon after the death of her husband, lost her only son, twelve years old, in whom the hopes of all the family circle appeared to unite. The mother's heart was bound, by all the fondest ties of nature, to this son, as her present solace, and the dependence of her age for what can be stronger than a

sensible mother's love for such a son? yet, under the heaviest weight of affliction, like the patriarchs of old, she was thankful for past favours; and, though heart-stricken, and surrounded with the most desponding prospects for the future, was dignified and patient, as she had been modest and humane in her prosperous days.

It was at the time when a bountiful Providence seemed to shower its blessings on Mrs. Hulbert, she received the affecting intelligence that her friend, to whom she owed more than to any other human being, was in the deepest distress. She flew to meet the benefactress she so greatly honoured and loved.

It would be impossible for words to describe, on one side, the thrillings of a warm and noble heart, in the exercise of all its generous feelings; and on the other, the soothing influence of that grateful relief, which appeared to come like the manna from heaven, to the wanderers perishing in the wilderness; or as water from the smitten rock to those who were dying with thirst.

Mrs. Hulbert enjoys her present ample fortune, not for any purpose of idle parade, but as the means of promoting the happiness of

those around her. She often reflects that the personal wants which wealth can supply are few, and of short continuance; while, in a suffering world, the objects of a rational charity exceed the resources of the largest income. So far is she from forgetting or despising her former condition, that she constantly recurs to it with thankfulness, as the means, designed by an All-wise Providence, to teach her an humble dependence on her own exertions, thereby avoiding that helpless wretchedness, to which some young persons, negligent of their proper improvement, and relying entirely on parents, have brought themselves.

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BOY'S AND GIRL'S LIBRARY.

Numbers already published.-Each Work can be had separately.

LIVES of the APOSTLES and EARLY MARTYRS of the CHURCH. 18mo. [No. I. of the Boy's and Girl's Library. Designed for Sunday Reading.]

This, as well as some of the subsequent numbers of the Boy's and Girl's Library, is especially designed for Sunday reading, and the object of the writer has been to direct the minds of youthful readers to the Bible, by exciting an interest in the lives and actions of the eminent apostles and martyrs who bore testimony to the truth of their missions and of the Redeemer by their preaching and their righteous death. The style is beauti fully simple, and the narrative is interspersed with comments and reflections remarkable for their devout spirit, and for the clearness with which they elucidate whatever might appear to the tender mind either contradictory or unintelligible. It is impossible for any child to read these affecting histories without becoming interested; and the interest is so directed and improved as to implant and foster the purest principles of religion and morality. The most esteemed religious publications throughout the Union have united in cordial expressions of praise to this as well as the other Scriptural numbers of the Library, and the publishers have had the gratification of receiving from individuals eminent for piety, the warmest con mendations not only of the plan, but also of the manner is which it has been so far executed.

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