precipitated himself upon the enemy; he ran, he leaped, he threw himself upon the ground to avoid the bursting of a shell; he sprang again to his feet; he stooped, he performed all the evolutions of his drill, loading and firing and fighting like a lion; and still the little creature held bravely on. At last a bullet struck the Zouave and he fell bathed in his own blood. In an instant the kitten ran to the wounded spot, looked at it a minute, and then, tearing away the garment, which partly covered it, began gently to lick the wound. It staunched the blood, and by its peculiar manipulations, prevented the wound from becoming inflamed, until the surgeons had time to examine and dress it. The incident soon became known, and when the master was transported to the hospital at Constantinople, they made an exception to the invariable rule of the hospital, and admitted the little companion with its master. Both are now there, the young soldier, fast recovering, and the brave kitten, quite the lion of the institution."

OBITUARY.

her state was rendered even more critical by the subsequent sad death of a much-loved brother. For many years her life was that of a confirmed invalid. In the retirement of her sick chamber she sought refreshment in the gravest studies; and from her pen there appeared in the London Athenæum,' a series of articles on the Greek Christian poets. In 1844, the first collected edition of her works was published, and this was soon followed by her introduction to Mr. Browning, whose wife she became in the autumn of 1846, being then restored to a good degree of health. Since their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Browning have resided for the most part in Florence, where, in 1849, a son was born to them. Casa Guisi Windows,' was published in 1851. Aurora Leigh,' her most important work, was published in 1856.".

NOTICES.

We call the attention of our readers to the article" Our Reading Circle," by Day K. Lee. It is suggestive and full of a delicate appreciation of the charming thoughts and expressions of Longfellow. We hope our young ladies especially, will read it, and learn how to read it profitably. We wish every village had its reading circles. One well-chosen book read aloud, and carefully and thoughtfully discussed, is worth to the intellect and heart, at least a dozen devoured in silence and without earnest thought, in the usual idle way of reading. The attraction of mind against mind is a wonderful brightener. It will be observed that this arti

ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING. The world has lost a treasure. A regal head has fallen one crowned with no jewelled diadem, but with the lays of immortality, has passed from this state of existence, which was to her filled with many dear delights, but many sufferings also, to another. Elizabeth Barrett Browning is dead. The last foreign arrival brings us the intelligence that the sad event occurred on the 29th of June, at Florence, where her life, since her marriage with Mr. Brown-cle is marked No. 1, we may therefore hope that ing, in 1846, has principally been spent, and where her son, who has been the sunbeam to her home to open some of her sweetest flowers, was born. The following brief sketch of her life, borrowed from a contemporary, must suffice to the readers of the Repository, for this

month.

"She was born in London, in 1809, and was edueated with great care, in a masculine range of studies, and with a masculine strictness of intellectual discipline. Beginning to write at a very early age, in 1826 there appeared from her pen a volume entitled, "An Essay on Mind, with other Poems." In 1833, she again appeared before the public, in a volume entitled "Prometheus Bound, and other Poems." 1838, appeared "The Seraphim and other PoAbout the time of the publication of this volume, Mrs. Browning's health became mpaired by a rupture of a blood-vessel, and

ems.

In

a second is soon to follow. Will our young readers look for a certain fault in the above article, and, as Capt. Cuttle remarks, "when found, make a note of it?"

We would also suggest to our readers the importance, in these troublous times, of each one's trying to do something for the support of. our only ladies paper in the denomination. Let them all remember that it is impossible but that the publisher must suffer from the general prostration of business as well as from the general direction of the public eye towards the one subject which interests ail so much the war. Let each one then, try and secure one new subscriber for the Ladies' Repository, and no one give it up who can possibly continue to take it. We shall endeavor to do all in our power to give it interest, and make it worthy of patronage. The publisher has ever been faithful to his part of the work.

T

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2d. The sum to be expended.

3d. The average age of the Scholars for whom the books are intended.

Where volumes are desired for Teachers' Library or Department, let this fact be stated, and the books will be selected accordingly.

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PUBLISHER, No. 25 CORNHILL, BOSTON, MASS.

As an inducement to our friends to assist us at the present time, we will give a copy of either of the following dollar Books, for each new subscriber to the present volume of the REPOSITORY. In all cases, the cash must accompany the order, and eighteen cents in postage stamps, to pay postage on the premium volume, if to be sent by mail.

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BLACK LIST!-Dr. E. S. Connelly, formerly of Muscatine, Iowa, owes for Repository from 1854 to 1861-$14. He has moved to parts unknown. Can any person inform us of his whereabouts? If we succeed in finding this doctor, we may be among the missing also, if placed under his professional care.

NOTICE. We have received a few letters since the August number was mailed. requesting us to stop the Magazine to their address. We cannot stop after the second number of the volume is mailed.

AUTHORIZED AGENT.-Rev. M. C. Stanley. of Ann Arbor, Mich, is authorized to act as Agent for the Repository, and the Universalist Quarterly, and sell Universalist Books. Bro. Stanley is a recent convert from the Presbyterian faith, and we commend him to the kind atten tion and patronage of our friends in the West.

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REGISTER AND COMPANION, 1862.

The above will be published about the middle of September, in time for the United States' Convention, which meets in New York, on the 17th of September.

Orders should be sent in early, as only a limited edition will be printed. It will contain a complete Calendar for the year, a Clergyman's Almanac, valuable articles on theology, a large number of interesting anecdotes, complete statistics of the Universalist Denomination, with a list of all the clergymen and their post-office address.

One hundred copies,.
One dozen copies,..

Single copies,..

.$6.50

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