inter's gloom
Shows nothing but a waste, with one broad track
Stamp'd to the humble door-post from the lane;
The snow-capp'd wood-pile stretching near the walls;
And the half severed log with axe that leans
Within the gaping notch.

'The room displays
Long rows of desk and bench; the former stain'd
And streak'd with blots and trickles of dried ink,
Lumbered with maps and slates and well-thumb'd books,
And carved with rude initials; while the knife
Has hack'd and sliced the latter. In the midst
Stands the dread throne whence breathes supreme command,
And in a lock'd recess well known, is laid
The dread regalia, gifted with a charm
Potent to the rebellious. When the bell
Tinkles the school hour, inward streams the crowd,
And bending heads proclaim the task commenc'd.
Upon his throne with magisterial brow
The teacher sits, round casting frowning looks
As the low giggle and the shuffling foot
Betray the covert jest, or idleness.
Oft does he call with deep and pompous voice,
The class before him, and shrill chattering tones
In pert or blundering answers, break the soft
And dreamy hum of study, heretofore
Like beehive sounds prevailing.'

We could wish to have seen this volume make a more forcible appeal to the
eye than it will be likely to do in the pamphlet form; but then it would
not have been so widely diffused; and that is a 'compensating' feature, to
the producer, which must not be forgotten by writers who would be read;
and Mr. STREET _will_ be.

MR. CHEEVER'S LECTURES ON THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS, AND ON THE LIFE AND
TIMES OF JOHN BUNYAN. To Number Four, inclusive. New-York: WILEY AND
PUTNAM.

We have perused these Lectures, as far as they have advanced, not only
with unabated but with increasing interest. For many years the Pilgrim's
Progress of BUNYAN has been one of our 'standard' take-downable books from
our library-shelf; and now that we have 'a new lease' of the imaginations
of our early years, in the eager perusal of a second generation, the old
feeling of admiration and delight, in following the narrative which
records the trials and triumphs of CHRISTIAN, HOPEFUL and FAITHFUL,
CHRISTIANA, Mr. GREATHEART and MERCY, comes back upon us in all the
freshness of its prime. With a quick eye to all the _pictorial_ beauties,