chimney, and turn your back to the fire. If you be a poor man, I would advise you to shrink into the room as fast as you can, and place yourself as usual upon a corner of a chair in a remote corner.

When you are desired to sing in company, I would advise you to refuse; for it is a thousand to one but that you torment us with affectation or a bad

voice.

If you be young and live with an old man, I would advise you not to like gravy? I was disinherited myself for liking gravy.

Don't laugh much in public; the spectators that are not as merry as you, will hate you, either because they envy your happiness, or fancy themselves the subject of your mirth

Rules for raising the Devil. Translated from the Latin of Danaus de Sortiariis, a Writer cotemporary with Calvin, and one of the Reformers of our Church.

The person who desires to raise the Devil, is to sacrifice a dog, a cat, and a hen, all of his own property, to Beelzebub. He is to swear an eternal obedience, and then to receive a mark in some unseen place, either under the eye-lid, or in the roof of the mouth inflicted by the devil himself. Upon this he has power given him over three spirits; one for earth, another for air, and a third for the sea. Upon certain times the devil holds an assembly of magicians, in which each is to give an account of what evil he has done, and what he wishes to do. At this assembly he appears in the shape of an old man, or often like a goat with large horns. They upon this occasion renew their vows of obedience; and then form a grand dance in honour of their false deity. The devil instructs them in every method of injuring mankind, in gathering poisons, and of riding upon acca

sion through the air. He shews them the whole method, upon examination, of giving evasive answers; his spirits have power to assume the form of angels of light, and there is but one method of detecting them; viz. to ask them in proper form, what method is the most certain to propagate the faith over all the world? To this they are not permitted by the Superior Power to make a false reply, nor are they willing to give the true one, wherefore they continue silent, and are thus detected.

ESSAY III.

WHERE Tauris lifts its head above the storm, and presents nothing to the sight of the distant traveller but a prospect of nodding rocks, falling torrents, and all the variety of tremendous Nature; on the bleak bosom of this frightful mountain, secluded from society, and detesting the ways of men, lived Asem, the Man-hater.

Asem had spent his youth with men; had shared in their amusements; and had been taught to love his fellow-creatures with the most ardent affection; but from the tenderness of his disposition he exhausted all his fortune in relieving the wants of the distressed. The petitioner never sued in vain; the weary traveller never passed his door; he only desisted from doing good when he had no longer the power of relieving.

From a fortune thus spent in benevolence he expected a grateful return from those he had formerly relieved; and made his application with confidence of redress: the ungrateful world soon grew weary of

his importunity; for pity is but a short lived passion. He soon therefore began to view mankind in a very different light, from that in which he had before beheld them: he perceived a thousand vices he had never before suspected to exist: wherever he turned, ingratitude, dissimulation, and treachery contributed to increase his detestation of them. Resolved therefore to continue no longer in a world which he hated and which repaid his detestation with contempt, he retired to this region of sterility, in order to brood over his resentment in solitude, and converse with the only honest heart he knew; namely, with his own.

A cave was his only shelter from the inclemency of the weather; fruits gathered with difficulty from the mountain's side his only food; and his drink was fetched with danger and toil from the headlong torrent. In this manner he lived, sequestered from society, passing the hours in meditation, and sometimes exulting that he was able to live independently of his fellow-creatures.

At the foot of the mountain an extensive lake displayed its glassy bosom; reflecting on its broad surface the impending horrors of the mountain. To this capacious mirror he would sometimes descend, and reclining on its steep banks, cast an eager look on the smooth expanse that lay before him. "How "beautiful," he often cried, "is Nature! how

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lovely even in her wildest scenes! How finely "contrasted is the level plain that lies beneath me, "with yon awful pile that hides its tremendous head "in clouds! But the beauty of these scenes is no way comparable with their utility; hence, an hun"dred rivers are supplied, which distribute health "and verdure to the various countries through which "they flow. Every part of the universe is beauti "ful, just, and wise, but man; vile man is a solecism

"in nature; the only monster in the creation. Tempests and whirlwinds have their use; but vicious "ungrateful man is a blot in the fair page of univer"sal beauty. Why was I born of that detested spe"cies, whose vices are almost a reproach to the "wisdom of the divine Creator! Were men en"tirely free from vice, all would be uniformity, "harmony, and order. A world of moral recti"tude should be the result of a perfect moral " agent. Why, why then, O Alla! must I be "thus confined in darkness, doubt, and despair!"

Just as he uttered the word Despair, he was go ing to plunge into the lake beneath him, at once to satisfy his doubts, and put a period to his anxiety; when he perceived a most majestic being walking on the surface of the water, and approaching the bank on which he stood. So unexpected an object at once checked his purpose; he stopped, contem, plated, and fancied he saw something awful and di, vine in his aspect.

"Son of Adam," cried the Genius, "stop thy "rash purpose; the Father of the Faithful has seen thy justice, thy integrity, thy miseries, and hath "sent me to afford and administer relief. Give "me thine hand, and follow without trembling "wherever I shall lead; in me behold the Genius of "Conviction, kept by the Great Prophet, to turn from their errors those who go astray, not from curiosity, but a rectitude of intention. Follow 66 me, and be wise."

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Asem immediately descended upon the lake, and his guide conducted him along the surface of the water; till coming near the centre of the lake, they both began to sink; the waters closed over their heads; they descended several hundred fa-, thoms, till Asem, just ready to give up his life as, inevitably lost, found himself with his celestial guide,

in another world, at the bottom of the waters, where human foot had never trod before. His astonishment was beyond description, when he saw a sun like that he had left, a serene sky over his head, and blooming verdure under his feet.

"I plainly perceive your amazement," said the genius; but suspend it for a while. This "world was formed by Alla, at the request, and un"der the inspection, of our great Prophet; who 66 once entertained the same doubts which filled your "mind when I found you, and from the consequence of which you were so lately rescued. The "rational inhabitants of this world are formed agree"able to your own ideas; they are absolutely with

out vice. In other respects it resembles your "earth, but differs from it in being wholly inhabited by men who never do wrong. If you find this "world more agreeable than that you so lately left,

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you have free permission to spend the remainder "of your days in it; but permit me for some time to "attend you, that I may silence your doubts, and "make you better acquainted with your company " and your new habitation!"

"A world without vice! Rational beings withઘઉં out immorality!" cried Asem in a rapture; "I "thank thee, O Alla, who has at length heard my "petitions; this, this indeed will produce happiness, extacy, and ease. O! for an immortality to spend it among men who are incapable of ingra“titude, injustice, fraud, violence, and a thousand "other crimes, that render society miserable."

"Cease thine acclamations," replied the Genius. "Look around thee; reflect on every object and "action before us, and communicate to me the re❝sult of thine observations. Lead wherever you "think proper, I shall be your attendant and in"structor." Asem and his companion travelled