The Ladies' Repository

THE

LADIES' REPOSITORY:

MONTHLY PERIODICAL,

DEVOTED TO

LITERATURE AND RELIGION.

EDITED

BY REV. I. W. WILEY, D. D.

VOLUME XXIV.

CINCINNATI: POE & HITCHCOCK;
NEW YORK: CARLTON & PORTER;
CHICAGO: POE & HITCHCOCK;

BOSTON: J. P. MAGEE, AGENT.

R. P. THOMPSON, PRINTER.

1864.

EXCHANGE

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Don't Fret, Rev. F. S. Cassady.

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Down to the Old Home, Mrs. Sarah Durand...
Duties, our, Mary A. Harlow.....
EDIT B'S TABLE-

January.-The Opening Year-The Engravings for the
Number-Articles Declined-Friendly Notes and no An-
swers- Highland Light"-Death of Dr. Kennaday-
Jesus the Resurrection-Endowment of the Ohio Wes-
leyan University-The Church Marching Southward...... 63
February.-Engravings and Delays-Progressing On-
ward-The Heart of the Soldier-T. H. Underwood-Dr.
Dempster's Lectures and Memorial Services-Western
Sanitary Fair; Great Success; Shameful Close-Rev. Z.
Connell, D. D.-From a Contributor to our Sideboard....127

March-Engravings: Vexations Delays-Increase of

Circulation-Note to Contributors-Articles Declined-

Death of Mrs. Dr. Thomson-Willie Kingsley-Note

from the Widow of a Soldier-The Indiana Asbury Uni-

versity-Republication of the British Reviews and

Irish Nurse's Story, Mrs. H. C. Gardner....

Irving, Washington, Rev. William Graham.....

ITEMS, LITERARY, SCIENTIFIC, AND STATISTICAL-

PAGE.

.225

...289, 354

January.-Methodist Episcopal Church Statistics-Mis-

sions in the Presbyterian Church-Plan of Episcopal

Visitations, 1864-Missionary Appropriations, Methodist

Episcopal Church-New Cod Fishery on the Asiatic

Coast-Archbishop Whately-Death of Mrs. Trollope-

Antimony in Canada-Iceland-Petroleum Fields in

Russia..

February.-The Gettysburg National Cemetery-Mon-

asteries as Nurseries for Revolution-The Fuel Question:

Important Discovery in Minnesota-Inclement Sun-

days-French Statistics-Dictionaries in England-

Emancipation of the Serfs-Antiquity of Temperance

Societies Acclimatization in Great Britain--Three Im-

portant Geological Facts-Great Benefits of Labor-Sav-

ing Machinery-Facts About Railroad Speed-Cotton

and Other Fabrics..........

March.-Monument to John Huss-Editorial Mortality

in Vicksburg-Emigrants-Recuperative Power of the

Nation-England's Supply of Coal-A "Peculiar Institu-

tion" in Iowa-China Mission Conference-New Metal-

New Style of Artesian Wells-Terrible Calamity-Na-

tional Almanac-New Books and Announcements-The

Schleswig-Holstein Question......

.124

..188

May.-Coffee and Tea Culture in California-The Irish

Presbyterian Church-Sirius-Steel Rails-Coal in Min-

nesota-Colleges-Large Grain Elevator-Copper in New

York-New York Central Park-A Large Gold Field-

Death of Rev. John Mason-A New Planet-Foreigners

in Illinois-The Precious Metals in 1863-Sugar Culture

in Ohio-Loss of Life in Battle-Artesian Wells in the

Desert..

...316

June.-Delegates to the General Conference-Length,
Weight, and Measure-English Weights and Measures-
Measurement of our Great Lakes-Emancipation in Po-
land: The Epoch of Liberty-Telegraph to Europe........381
July.-Instability of the Earth-Rate at which Waves
Travel-Saltness of the Sea as Affecting Navigation-
Statistics of English and French Agriculture-The Jews
Remaining the Same-Photography and Wood Engrav-
ing-General Conference Elections-The Valata-Tree-
Property Ownership in France-The Mattapony River-
San Salvador

August.--Mortality of Cities-Excavations at Athens-

Startling Statistics on Marriage-Missions in Turkey-

Interesting Discovery at Bethlehem-The Ruins of Car-

thage-Roman and Saxon Antiquities Cast up by the

Sea-Silvering Mirrors-Range of the Human Voice-

Sound....

September.-A Chapter on Watches-The Stereoscope-

The Destroyer of Armies-Death of George P. Morris-
The Atlantic Ocean-Paper Consumption-A Word About
Lobsters-" Lives" of Bank Notes-Loyal Methodists in
East Tennessee

October.-Wives of Literary Men-Literature and Art
in High Places..

December.-Ministerial Support in the Methodist Epis-
copal Church-The American Board-Our German
Work-The Awful Scenery of the Moon-Watt, the In-
ventor of the Steam-Engine-The First Locomotives-
Wonders of the Universe....

.445

.508

.572

636

Jerusalem of To-Day..

.754
..687

January.-Daily Walk with Wise Men-A French

Reading-Book-The Ring of Amasis-Illustrative Gath-

erings-A Catechism of the Steam-Engine-Appleton's

United States Postal Guide-Harry's Vocation-The Pet

Bird, and Other Stories-At Home and Abroad-Pleasure

and Profit-Life in the Woods--Bible Class in the Par-

sonage-The Sparrow's Fall-Blessings in Disguise-The

Little Sea-Bird-The Trip to Weldon Woods-The Wid-

ow's Sewing-Machine-Amy's New Home-The Young

Quaker-Conference Minutes-Pamphlets-Chambers's

Cyclopedia-Genesee College and Seminary-Temptation

and Triumph..

February.-Life and Times of Nathan Bangs-The

General Minutes-Chambers's Cyclopedia - Knapp's
French Grammar-Palmoni, or the Numerals of the Scrip-

PAGE.

ture-Class-Book of Chemistry-Thirty Poems-Pelayo :
An Epic of the Olden Moorish Time-History of the Ro-
mans under the Empire-Roundabout Papers-Jottings
from Life-Extracts from the Diary of a Country Pas-
tor-Minutes of Conferences-Pamphlets.
.126

March.-Five Years of Prayer, with the Answers-

Papers for Thoughtful Girls-Very Hard Cash-New

Music-Life and Correspondence of Theodore Parker-

Harper's Pictorial History of the Great Rebellion-

Blackwood, for January-Sermons-Conference Min-

utes-Miscellaneous Pamphlets.........

.190

April.-Life and Letters of Washington Irving-Lyrics

of Loyalty-A Critical History of the Doctrine of a Fu-

ture Life-Christian Life and Character of the Civil In-

stitutions of the United States Developed in the Official

and Historical Annals of the Republic-Sayings of

Sages-Chambers's Cyclopedia-Catalogues-Appleton's

United States Postal Guide-The Westminster Review

for January, 1864-The London Quarterly for January-

The North American Review for January-Reasons for

Thanksgiving and Suggestions of Duty-Education of

the Blind-The Bible Against Slavery-The Old Hel-

met-The Prophet of Fire-An Essay on the Improve-

ment of Time-The Safe Compass and how it Points-

Claude the Colporteur-Christian Conquests-Sale of

Crummie-Faithful and True-Memoir of Rev. Erskine

J. Hawes-The Man of God-Whedon on the Will.........254

May.-Hand-Book of the New Testament-Caxtonia:

a Series of Essays on Life, Literature, and Manners-

Thackeray, the Humorist and the Man of Letters-Auto-

biography and Correspondence of Lyman Beecher-

Thoughts on Sabbath Schools-Man all Immortal-The

Edinburgh Review for January-Harper's Monthly and

Weekly-Life, Campaigns, and Services of General

M'Clellan-Life and Public Services of General Butler-

Chambers's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge-Pam-
phlets-The Two Sabbaths-Colenso's Fallacies-Memoir
of Rev. Erskine J. Hawes-The Man of God-The Safe
Compass and how it Points-The Freedom of the Will...318
June. Satan's Devices and the Believer's Victory-The

Mill Agent-The Annual of Scientific Discovery-The

National Almanac and Annual Record-The Golden Cen-

ser-Hints to Riflemen-The Management of Steel-Ten

Acres Enough-The Life and Public Services of Abra-

ham Lincoln-The Life of Archbishop Hughes-The Red

Track-Specimen Pages of the American Conflict-New

Music-Pamphlets......

......383

July.-Nineteen Beautiful Years-Christian Memorials

of the War-Union and Antislavery Speeches-Barbara's

History-A Treatise on Homiletics-The Religion of

Childhood-Familiar Hymns for Social Meetings-The