Reading

Of all the amusements that can possibly bc imngiñed fora hard working man after his daily toil, orin i(9 intervals, Ihere is notliing like readingan iuteresting newspaperor book. ltc:il!s for no bodily exertion, oí whicli he has already had enough. or perhaps, too much. ]t relieves his home of its dullness and sameness. It transports him into a üvelier and gayer, and more diversilied and interesting scène: and wlnle he enjoys himself there. he may forget the evils of the present moment ïnlly as much ns if he were ever so drunk, with the great advantage of finding himself the next dr.y with the money in his pocket, or at least laid out in wal neecssaries and comforts for himself and family - and without a headache. Nay, iteccompanies him to his next day's work; - andifwhni he hrd been reading be anytliing nbove the idlest and lightest, givcs him somehing to th'ink on besides the mere niechnncal drudgery of his every day occupntion - gmetliing he can enjoy while absent, and look forward to with pleasure. If I werc to pray for i taste whieh should stand me inslead under cvery variety of circumstances. and lie a source of uippiness and cheorfulness to me through life, and i shield agninst its illa, however things might go imiss, and tho world frown upon nic, it would)e taste for reading. - f Sir J. Herschei. Sir Isiac Newton's temper, it is said. was so cqual and mild, tliat no accident coul I disturbit; i rcmnrkable instnnce of which is relnted as folows; Sir Isaac had a favourite little dog which ie called Diamond. Bcing one cvening caücd out of h ja study into the next room, Diamond vas left bchind. AVhen Sir Tsaac returned.liavng been absent but a few minutes, he liad the mortification to find tliat Diamond had overset a ighted candle aniong sonie papers, the nearly inished labor of twenty years, which sown were 11 ñames, and a'.most consumed to ashes. Tliis oss, as Sir Isaac was then far advanced in yeavs, vas iriif.trikvable; yet without once striking lie dog, he only rebuked him with this exclanation: "O, Diamond! Diamond! you liitte