The Friend of Youth, and Child's Magazine (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1852. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... sips, its crimson hue and its fragrance, and the atmosphere its genial warmth and balmy infl uences, for joy that the Thaw-King is come I Moral.--While man continues in knowledge without practice, he is like winter; his light is unaccompanied by the cheering influences of spiritual heat, and all is torpid or comparatively lifeless; but when the spring of genuine affection for truth begins to operate, then his mental garden evinces beauty and fragrance, which are the harbingers of spiritual fruit, as the result of the summer union of goodness and truth. I All HAPPY. "I am happy, I am happy," Sings the bird and hums the bee; "I am happy, I am happy," Chirps the squirrel on the tree. "I am happy, I am happy," Coos the pure and gentle dove; "I am happy, I am happy," Pipes the wind in leafy grove. "I am happy, I am happy," Sings the water in its fall; "I am happy, I am happy," Echoes still through nature all. ' I am happy, I am hnppy,"---Child, be this thy daily song; ' 1 am happy, 1 am liappy," In thy soul, and on thy tongue MOTHER-O'-PEABL. In the oyster is found that beautiful substance called mother-o'-pearl. The pearls are searched for by divers educated to it as a profession; they descend from thirty to sixty feet, each bringing up a net full of oysters. The pearl is most commonly attached to the inside of the shell, but is most perfect when found in the animal itself. The exertion undergone during this process is so violent, that, upon being brought into the boat, the divers discharge water from their mouths, ears, and nostrils, and frequently blood: this does not, however, hinder them from going down in their turn; and the poor creatures will often make from forty to fifty plunges in a day. How different, could these divers avail themselves of a recent wonde...