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CORNER OF Tt:Hu0NT
F- GLEASONY AND ).lll.0MFlEl.D srs
t7tIRlsT,u.ts.
We give our rcttdcrs an ullt-r,vori<'-al ronrmontittiott below, relat-
ing to this hnppy and ever to he t'L'ntL'ln'IK‘lekl mnnvomiry. The
centre portion at‘ the timign rcprt'iL'II[< the Svriptttml text, Wht'rr'.
the angzrls ttppenretl to the shcpherdw, “ its thvy Wi'I[(‘itt‘d tlwir
tlockn by night," (let lnriut: to them the good titlittgx of ti Sitviour's
hirth. Tn the left, nmi in the upper pnrtinn of the ciigrnvinc, the
" wise men ” strc >L‘Cl'1 Wlll('lIiHg1il" slur until “ it mime and stood
over the him where the ynum; child wui." on the t)ppo=iIe can
ner we have the “wise tnmt " who have futtntl the Sttviottr, "born
in 8 nxan;;cr," ttntl llI’l‘ kneeling: ht-fort: him in thitt humhlc ttbutlc.
(In the left of the pittlure, hcluw, we lhtvc mi in door convivial
home scene, on C'll‘i:(lnit9 cs ening, Stlul an the right it scssonnhlc
outdoor reprewtitittiott of the apart of [hi9 period at‘ the your.
The whole forms )1 Iuo=t ituppy Cltristttt-Lx Llt'>l‘,fI!. on the that
page ofthe prnwrz nutnhtr will he found tmotlier design, in-
BOSTON, SATURDAY, DECEMBER ‘ll, 1853.
riod. Shim N" -holas, the presiding genius of the tiny from time
intmemoriul, will he found at the top of the picture, with his
lit-in-ty, goollmtttn-ed titre, qtlilflintz at huvnpcr to the occlusion;
while Ilttrlcquin in <(-en at the huttotn or the pivturc playing: his
lmlldny trit-kw, surrottntltwl hy an tahundztntte of ,q.inm,am1mntng
the universal good t‘lIL‘(‘l" thttt reign: in this poriotl. Tlc four
vurncrs of the picture toll their own story hr llOmL";':tml‘s and
sports, while thv hruull ccvttre picvc exhibits the (‘out it-an L'atllt‘r-
ing of atlttmcuitt circle, old and )0ung, mhmm And mum. on
the left of this is seen it ('nutnt<t to all this votttfnrt, in tit!‘ pnnr
mother nnd cltildrt-n (‘x]uus‘cLl to the wintry VV’Citlil(‘l‘. lint rho
will be relieved and milde vonifortttlilt‘, fur phnry illlti t-lmri'y
must ever reign tm (Tliristritns. On the right of the ccittru.
picccwt: hm-e ll st-rcn21dchand,ut night, prharh-in;ztromtutm
‘ sounds beneath the window of some fnvurml one. The whole
scene is suggestive and excellent in c-(Tent. Let it never he (or-
wuded to illuazrute nnd exhibit the ehnr.u-tcr uf this hnppy pe- t gotten, that Christmas hrings about the moct mcmn.-nhle cvcnr
‘;”;"L‘;,.”,“,,“g?,?5$.‘?;‘ lvot. v. No. 26.-Waou: No. 130.
that the Iilllliils of the world hnve recorded, timl one that closely
1lndiltImCIllnlt'l)'llnk% our (‘HUGS zllltl our ztspirmiotts to another
HUI‘ 3 hotter. This niorv S4'I‘iuu< phttse of (‘,ltx'i5txnnu “ ill not af-
lbt-t that t-ltocrfttl (‘Il.iU)'nll'l1t tvltirli is nl<u in t-lmrttt-tt-ris'tit‘. Such
scntitttottts mtnnot fml tn .I“'1II<t‘ll the tniwl to hunt-t-olcnce, nnd
,7 ntlH‘nf hr winr.-rm that period when nt‘l5
I0 point out tilt’ (ll
umnhhy and ht-nt‘vnlt‘t1t'ctt) the pact‘ IHXS>(“E n two fold mine.
In (it-rllimvy, the (‘ltri<rtnn< TI‘[‘(? is 11 tum! illipormtlt item in
t‘0llnt'4‘li0n with the omrsahn, mid it is mu mun ll prvtty and
tlttlitzhtful ccrcilmtiy tor the yntxng, as we hnvc shown in mm
t-ultttnuz nn tt Forttwr rot-uruttuo 0(tlIi< (lty. (‘ltri.xtnm.:, the
nut cole-
lrriiltwl in the firxt (‘Lll(llVil“ til" thtt (‘ltri>titm t‘ilul"t'il, uc lil(‘ (‘hris>
ft‘.I‘( of (‘ltriwfs hirth, nits, :It‘t'<>rtl:tI;: tn tn.m v Fri! s
Iiitnti<1t;:P,iu j;t'nUriti, VV'.I< In L't‘ll'lll‘:llt‘ the limit]! hr tt‘Inm’1x'nlIle
pt'r<ntu rullter Ihiln mar hlrth. Tm .h-hh . fthz‘ lnnrt)r Stt-plwu,
ttnd tht‘ mmim of the innr)'vctIt= ht Bctltlcllcm, httve hcen hhohrty
lung ct-lehrutcd by the Eallcrll chtm. . [.x.1e,.t.,,t 416.]
