of man, shall have taught a beneficial appropriation of wealth then shall health be enjoyed, purer than the lilies of Teflis, and more fragrant than the roses of Cashmere; the intercourse of nations shall be harmonious as the songs of Mirza; "there shall be no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets;" for then shall the widow cease to mourn, and the orphan no longer need a protectorf.

But if among the splendid results of this transcendent change, the alleviation of misery and the banishment of moral evil are the primary objects of our solicitude, we may still be allowed to hail in the approaching æra, the rapid advances which mankind will make towards the attainment of that intellectual greatness and elevated character, to which they are evidently destined. When we reflect upon the myriads who have passed their allotted time upon the earth, and observe how small is the number of those

f"We guarantee to each other, that the young children of any person dying within the community shall be equally protected, educated, and cherished with the children of the living members, and entitled, when they become adult, to all the advantages and equal proprietorship thereof. In this community, no children can be reduced to the destitution of orphans in the present state of society."-Vide " Articles of Agreement (drawn up and recommended by the London Co-operative Society) for the Formation of a Community."

who have displayed any mental superiority, they appear to have served merely as lights to exhibit the extent of the surrounding darkness. But if with the very limited cultivation bestowed upon the human mind, the world has been enlightened with the profound discoveries of a Kepler and a Newton,-enchanted with the grandeur and sublimity of a Homer and a Milton,—with the vivid imagery and luxuriant fancy of a Spenser and a Shakespear,—and with the melody of our own Hafiz; what may we not expect when "knowledge shall cover the earth, as the waters cover the sea?"

Never has genius in her happiest hours, or in her most exalted aspirations conceived the intellectual glories that await mankind, on the revival of that prophetic day, when" the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy," and when the globe itself shall become the living temple of virtue and of science, and reflect a brighter effulgence as it moves onward through the firmament of heaven.

SAADI.

CHAPTER XIII.

"See there the olive grove of Academe,
Plato's retirement, where the Attic bird
Trills her thick-warbled notes the summer long;
There flowery hill, Hymettus, with the sound
Of bees' industrious murmur, oft invites
To studious musing."-Milton.

WE must now return to our colony upon Ben Lomond, whose bleak atmosphere rendered all the magic influence of the wand of Allan Ramsay necessary to preserve them from a torpid state. So effectually, however, was this influence exerted, that the bees were deeply interested in all the proceedings about Loch Lomond. Already had the disaffected lost most of their prejudices, when an event took place, on the morning after the festivities, which entirely dissipated every remaining antipathy to mutual cooperation. Under the brow of a hill which gradually rises above the village of Luss, there was a considerable number of glass hives; and as the inhabitants were about to remove a portion of the honey, the Genius directed the attention of his assembly to their

operations. Instead of cruelly destroying the bees, as the poet pathetically laments,

"Ah see where robb'd, and murder'd, in that pit
Lies the still heaving hive! at evening snatch'd,
Beneath the cloud of guilt-concealing night,
And fix'd o'er sulphur: while, not dreaming ill,
The happy people in their waxen cells,
Sat tending public cares, and planning schemes
Of temperance, for Winter poor; rejoiced
To mark, full flowing round, their copious stores.
Sudden the dark oppressive steam ascends;
And, used to milder scents, the tender race,
By thousands, tumble from their honey'd domes,
Convolv'd, and agonizing in the dust.

Ah! was it then for this you roam'd the spring,
Intent from flower to flower; for this you toil'd
Ceaseless the burning summer-heats away?
For this in autumn search'd the blooming waste,
Nor lost one sunny gleam, for this sad fate?
O man! tyrannic lord! how long, how long,
Shall prostrate Nature groan beneath your rage,
Awaiting renovation? When obliged

Must you destroy? Of their ambrosial food

Can you not borrow; and, in just return,

Afford them shelter from the wintry winds?"—

a small part only of the honey was abstracted, and without the destruction of a single bee. When this

a❝I esteem Colonna more entitled to the honours of a monument, for having introduced the practice of obtaining honey

was beheld by the spectators on the mountain, their joy became unbounded. They flew around the Genius in the greatest ecstasy, and all declared that henceforward they would live together in amity. Orpheus and his followers, too happy in the anticipation of the happiness that awaited them on their return to the laws of nature, felt no discomfiture in the overthrow of their theories; and Emilius, disdaining to triumph in a victory so joyous to all, embraced with ardour his former opponents. The Genius finding their conviction complete, prepared to depart; but as night came on, the clouds collected in masses mid-way down the mountain, and gave every indication of an approaching storm. Heavy clouds sailed in from the west, and entirely obscured the view of the communities, while the summit of the mountain was perfectly serene. Soon the lightning began to flash, and the thunder to roll: but on the eastern side there was an almost unfathomable precipice, and there the tempest raged with redoubled violence ;-nothing could exceed the fury of the ele

without destroying the bees, into the vale of Festiniog, than Field Marshal Turenne. Turenne destroyed his thousands; Colonna has preserved his tens of thousands:-Turenne's monument is of marble,-let Colonna's be formed of honey-comb!" -See Beauties, Harmonies, and Sublimities of Nature, by Mr. Bucke.