ither read nor write letters, sent for the
sister, Lizzy, to be under-nursemaid in the family. In another way Harry
has done a deeper and wider good. Miss Foote's friends tell her that his
example is beginning to _tell_ in the neighborhood; his example, not
only of strenuous and skillful labor, but by integrity, temperance, and
disinterested attachment to his employer.

All this is well--very pleasant to contemplate--but a disturbing
question arises in the midst of it: What can society say to these
excellent young men in excuse for their deprivation of family life? And
again, what is at best their prospect for old age?

(From Bentley's Miscellany.)

A CHAPTER ON WOLVES.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "LORD BACON IN ADVERSITY," ETC.

We rustled through the leaves like wind,
Left shrubs and trees and wolves behind;
By night I beard them on the track,
Their troop came hard upon our back,
With their long gallop, which can tire
The hounds' deep hate and hunter's fire;
Where'er we flew, they followed on,
Nor left us with the morning sun.
Behind I saw them, scarce a rood
At daybreak winding through the wood,
And through the night had heard their feet,
Their stealing, rustling step repeat.
Oh! how I wished for spear or sword
At least to die amidst the horde,
And perish--if it must be so--
At bay, destroying many a foe!
_Mazeppa._

A peculiar interest attaches to the wolf, from the close analogy which
in all its essential features it presents to the faithful companion of
man. So close indeed is the analogy, that some of the ablest zoologists,
the celebrated John Hunter included, have entertained the opinion that
dogs, in all their varieties, and wolves, have descended from a common
stock. With the exception of an obliquity in the position of the eyes,
there is no appreciable anatomical difference between these animals. The
question is one of difficulty; but we believe we are correct in stating
that the majority of the highest authorities agree in the belief that
these animals are not derived from a common parent, but were originally
distinct, and will ever so continue. There are several species of wild
dogs known, quite distinct from the wolf; and although the opportunities
have been numerous for dogs resuming their pristine form, by long
continuance in a savage state, no instance has ever occurred of their
becoming wolves, however