M. PAGE. T. By a Countryman,...36 The Thousand Islands: with a Glance at Some- Memories of Summer. P. PAGE. .1 13 21 The Spectre Caravan. From the German An- The Old Bible. By R. H. STODDARD,.......... 29 30 The Bunkumville Chronicle,.. Echo, .53, 343, 510 ..123 The German Hartz. By Jas. M. HOPPIN,....189 Phillis and Flora. By CARL BENSON,.......399 The Heart and the World. By AUGUSTA BROWNE,. 202 ..509 447 518 The Ideal. From the German of SCHILLER,. 485 487 The Birth of the Poet,. 494 130 Stratford on Avon. From the Note-Book of The Writings of Charles Lamb,. .500 524 a Traveller,..... 242 Stray Leaves from the Country, .328 V. Spring-time and Song. From the Greek of MELEAGER,.. 332 Sonnet on the Picture of a Beautiful Child,..337 Song: a Sublime Lesson,. Spring's First Small Flowers. By J. H. BIXBY, 435 337, 416 385 W. 406 THE KNICKERBOCKER. VOL. XXXV. JANUARY, 185 0. No. 1. THE THOUSAND ISLANDS WITH A GLANCE AT SOMETHING EISE. In these unchivalrous, matter-of-fact days, it would seem to border on the audacious to offer any remarks suggestive of a more liberal use of life, since the spirit of the age seems unsatisfied unless one toils, droops and dies, with harness on his back. We cannot now divine what may come from the nib of our pen, but as we do not belong to the regular army of 'litterateurs,' we may be ex⚫cused if we should load, aim and fire in the most promiscuous and unsportsmanlike manner, taking now and then a feather from the game that may rise on our path. We may, however, avow thus much: we shall not avoid applying the language of censure to those who find no exhilarating, soul-improving influence in the ministrations of Nature, or who are inclined to deride or cheapen the motives of those who advocate the necessity of manly exercise. When we revert to the scenes that with no slight rapidity have succeeded each other during the season that is now closing, we feel much like the boy who, on his first visit to a museum, is so dazzled by the variety and extent of the objects he encounters that he can calmly contemplate none. He may possibly retain a dreary recollection of the hippopotamus, the big turtle, and Tom Thumb; and in like manner we can only recall such things as are chiefly rememberable from their size or insignificance. As a substitute for the forgotten, we may indulge in some general remarks, saying less of woman than man; and with the aid of our flyrod, bring an occasional fish into the upper air for the relief of the reader's eye. He who should take a view of the actual condition of his fellow-man might be surprised to find how large a portion of them are shut out or prevented from participating in the beauties and uses of the outward world; the positive requirements of daily life demanding the fulfilment |