The hearth-stone : thoughts upon home-life in our cities

I. Time And Tide: Or, Strive And Win

‘By A.S. Roz. 12mo. Cloth, 63 cents; paper, 38 cents.

- We wish that every work of fiction we are called to notice was as adinirable fn it ten as this, for there are few which we can so unhesitatingly put into the hands of youilg person. We gladly welcome any such addition to our lighter literature,”-Haprees

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TO LOVE AND TO BE LOVED; A Story. By A.S. Roz. 12mo. Paper cover, 38 cents; cloth, 63 cents »

“This is one of those attractive romances in which the purest passions of the heart are delineated with a simplicity of style and an elevation of thought, that will charm every reader. Love in its fulness and its richness, its delicacy and its fervor, is here

portrayed with a masterly hand.”—Courier and Eng.

III,

By A. 8. Roz. 12mo. Cloth, 75 cents: paper, 50 cents.

It abounds with the purest and deepest moral and pious sentiments interwoven with seenes of every day life, in a manner that goes directly to the heart. It is a work of whieh Asnericans may well be proud.”—Zvangelist,

IV. Hearts Unveiled ; Or, “i Knew You Would Like Him.”

By Saran Emery Saymore. 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents.

“ This is a pleasant, unpretending book, abounding with moral lessons, and written with a moral purpose, exposing the many unthought of influences which operate upon the character, and illustrating what it is that insures real happiness, The book is well calculated to benefit young minds and young hearts.”— Courier,

SUNBEAMS AND SHADOWS, AND BUDS - AND BLOSSOMS.

OR, LEAVES FROM AUNT MINNIE’S PORTFOLIO. By Georqiz A. Hursz. 16mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, 75 cents,

“This is a wholesome and refreshing novel—the dialogue is sprightly and sparklin the moral good, and the interest of the work is well sustained. It can be recommen 94, we think, to readers of all descriptions.”—Protest. Churchman.

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HELOISE ; i OR, THE UNBEVEALED SECRET. ' By Tatyi. 12mo. Paper cover, 50 cents; cloth, 75 centa,

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LIFE’?S DISCIPLINE : A Tale. By Tarvi. 12mo. Paper, 38 cents; cloth, 68 cents

D. APPLETON § CO/’S PUBLICATIONS.

THE GREAT KENTUCKY NOVEL

D. APPLETON & COMPANY

HAVE JUST PUBLISHED Tempest and Sunfhine; or, Life in Kentucky.

BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES.

One Volume, 12mo. Paper covers, 75 cents; cloth, $1.

These are the most striking and original sketches of American 7 character in the South-western States which have ever been published. The character of Tempest is drawn with all that spirit and energy which characterize the high toned female spirit of the South, while Sunshine possesses the loveliness and gentleness of the sweetest of her sex. The Planter is sketched to the life, and in his strongly marked, passionate, and generous nature, the reader will recognize one of the truest sons of the south-west.

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OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

“The book is well written, and its fame will be more than ephemeral.” —Buffalo Hupress. ‘

“The story is interesting and finely developed.”—Daily Times.

“ A lively romance of western life—the style of the writer is smart, inteliigent, and winning, and her story is told with spirit and skill.”—UT. & Gazette.

“ An excellent work, and its sale must be extensive."—Stamford Advocate.

“The whole is relieved by a generous introduction of incident as well as by an amplitude of love and mystery.”—Zxpress.

“A delightful, well written book, portraying western life to the letter. The book abounds in an easy humor, with touching sentences of tenderness and pathos scattered through it, and from first to last keeps up a humane interest that very many authors strive in vain to achieve. ‘Tempest’ and ‘ Sunshine,’ two sisters, are an exemplification of the good that to some comes by nature, and to others is found only through trials, temptation, and tribulation. Mr. Middleton, the father of ‘Tempest’ and ‘Sunshine,’ is the very soul and spirit of ‘Old Kaintuck,’ abridged into onemar. The beok is worth reading. There is a heaithy tone of morality pervading it that will make ita suitable work to be placed in the hands of our daughters and sisters.”’—Wew York Day

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THOUGHTS UPON HOME-LIFE IN OUR CITIES.

BY

SAMUEL OSGOOD,

AUTHOR OF “STUDIES IN CHRISTIAN BIOGRAPHY,” “GOD WITH MEN, OR FOOT PRINTS OF PROVIDENTIAL LEADERS,” &0,

* This is the famous stone That turneth all to gold: For that which God doth touch and own % Cannot for less be told.’

GrorGE HERBERT.

FIFTH EDITION, ENLARGED AND ILLUSTRATED.

NEW-YORK: D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

846 & 848 BROADWAY.

LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN,

1854, ay

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by D. APPLETON AND COMPANY, ?

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.

PUBLISHERS’ ADVERTISEMENT.

‘Ts work has been received with such decided favor that the Publishers are induced to issue this enlarged and illustrated edition.

The two closing essays are wholly new. The illustrations are from original designs by Dépler. The artist best interprets his own meaning, and interprets very well the spirit of the whole volume. The frontispiece represents ‘The Old Homestead” in the country, revisited by the married children ; and the title-page represents “‘ The New Home” in the city, with the old people on a visit to the young people.

It is hoped that this edition will be peculiarly congenial with the coming season of family reunions, and will generally commend itself to the home feelings of our community.

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Preface

Turse thoughts are published for the same reason that led the author from time to time to put them upon paper,—a wish to meet a want in the sphere of the affections rather than to claim any honor in the kingdom of ideas. Wherever important questions have been at issue he has not avoided them, . however conspicuous or controverted ; but the volume aims to breathe a kindly spirit above the reach of sect and party. He is not ashamed to have his style show something of the habit of his profession, and to use, in part, ideas that he has expressed in the lyceum and the pulpit in a different form.

It will be seen that the several subjects connect themselves more or less closely with a year’s life in the household, and that the light which cheers the whole twelvemonth is kindled on the hearth-stone at Christmas and New Year.

4 PREFACE,

The state of things in our American cities is now so peculiar, so marked by privilege and peril, that no earnest plea for home affections and virtues can be wholly thrown away. ‘To dedicate books to conspicuous names is a custom now almost obsolete, and if the Author were to venture upon any dedication of this little volume it would read somewhat thus :-—

TO THOSE WHO HAVE EVER LOVED HOME, AND WHO WISH TO LOVE IT ALWAYS,