I know not that it is true, but it is touching and suggestive enough to be so.

The world is full of life; each life is a tune; so the world is a great Orchestra; and of them all, how few tunes are played through!-how many ended as they were not begun!

Marches are sounded every day: strong, brave marches, that end too soon in a dying fall.'

Whirling waltzes, set off to the time of the youngest, merriest hearts, subside into dirges, sad and slow. Pæans turn to plaints, and all, at last, are hushed in the measured beat of the muffled drums' of life.

And of all these strains of hope and harmony, how many are unended-no dying musician to take them up, when those who struck them first, are dumb or dead.

But isn't it a pleasant thought that perhaps some body may take up the tune, when we are dead-not a note lost, not a jar, not a discord, but all a swanlike harmony? Perhaps! perhaps! There is something hollow, like a knell, in that word. The veil that hides the future is woven of 'perhaps ;' in it the greatest ills have their solace, the brightest joys their cloud.

The broken strains of thought in this little book, are, as you will not grieve to know, now ended, and no body in the next room to play on.

May neither your life nor mine, be composed of random scores,' but be a beautiful Anthem, harmony in all its parts, melody in all its tones; not a strain wanting, not a note out of the tune; till 'the daughters of music are brought low,' and the life-anthem is

HARRY HARSON:

OR,

The Benevolent Bachelor.

A STORY OF LIFE IN NEW-YORK.

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BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ATTORNEY."

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THE COUNTRY DOCTOR;

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THE

ATTORNEY;

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THE ATTORNEY was first published in the KNICKERBOCKER MAGAZINE in 1841, and in 1842 was issued in book form in two volumes. The work has been out of print soveral years.

The scene of the story is laid in New-York City, and the descriptions of places and characters are so graphic and powerful, that the subscriber is induced to re-publish the work. The author has re-written the Introduction, and rarefully revised and corrected the whole work

SOME OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Ir is elegantly written-some of the cha acters are drawn with a power we have rarely seen equalled. Crime is pictured with a demon aspect. Suffering virtue is exhibited patient, submissive, and in death peaceful. Remorse absolutely shocks us by the horrid dance it leads its victims.-Northern Budget, Troy, N. Y.

The story of the plans and machinations by which the dishonest lawyer sought to defraud his client of his patrimony, form a train of incidents replete with interest, anë furnish a masterly delineation of character.-Daily Advertiser, Detroit, Mich.

To be original without absurdity, and spirited without exaggeration, are not easy achievements-yet the author of "The Attorney" has succeeded in doing both, and it will be read with delight by all who can find pleasure in lively and skilful delineations of character drawn from all conditions of town life, and written out in good honest Eng. lish, such as few men indite in these days of rapidity and vapidity of composition.John G. Saxe, Editor of Sentinel, Burlington, Vt.

The story is fraught with finely-drawn characters, and most charming pictures of life may be found on almost every page.-Commercial Register, Sandusky City, Ohio.

It is a book in which the mysteries and miseries of the legal profession are portrayed in a graphic style. It is full of fact and fancy, gayety and gravity.-Morning Post, Pitts burg, Pa.

There can be no manner of doubt as to the merit of the work; it is thoroughly Amer ican, and great ability is perceptible on every page.-Evening Chronicle, Pittsburg, Pa

Such a book will be a great relief to those especially whose daily duty it is to dive into the mysteries of the ccmmon law, and to unravel the intricacies of Chitty's plead ings.-Republican, Savannah, Ga.

It is full of humor, and as a composition infinitely above seven-eighths of the mod ern works of fiction.-Dollar Newspaper. Philadelphia, Pa.

It is from the pen of a relative of the first of living American writers, and not un wo hy the pen of the author of the Sketch Book. The author is a man of keen percep tion, and throughout the work, never allows the attention of the reader to flag. Such a book-inaker will not be allowed to remain idle.- Golden Rule, N. Y.

Upon a re-perusal, after years of forgetfulness, we find the language as quaint, rich, racy and amusing, as is to be found in the works of the elder Irving. Besides, the plot increases in interest as the story progresses, until, like the best works of fiction, it becomes absorbing.-Daily Times, Louisville, Ky.

We can

It is an ingeniously-plotted, handsomely-expressed, and well-sustained tale, containing some exquisite passages, and imbued throughout with real feeling honestly say we like the book.-Morning Express, Buffalo, N. Y.