Phrenology teaches us how to aim at self-improvement, that is, the duty which every man owes to himself, so as to improve and render more perfect whatsoever is wrong in his nature.--Improvement is the end and object;--it demands a vigorous well regulated exertion of all the energies of thought and feeling.--Phrenology teaches where it is most required--whether it be moral, intellectual or religious, and whichever it may be, we must make it the great end of our endeavours, and use solemnly and deliberately the great powers that GOD has given to us,--without this resolution of purpose the best means are worthless: but with it the poorest may become mighty in moral and intellectual powers, the progression of our nature to the perfection pointed at by St. Paul, must not be regarded as a fiction, but a reality,--we must look coolly and rationally upon the vast amount of ignorance--intemperance, sensuality and selfishness that dwell with and around us,--we must think what an immense field of mind is lost--how many _might be_ cheered with intelligence, disinterestedness and refinement, that now _are_ lost in voluptuous extravagance or the exercise of worthless and depraved passions;--we must learn the dignity of our station as men--that we shall be made partakers of CHRIST, if we be stedfast unto the end,--and that if we keep this object in view stedfastly and zealously, we shall inherit a crown of righteousness that fadeth not away--and that too in a kingdom of everlasting happiness where the wicked shall cease from troubling and the weary be at rest. ON THE STRUCTURE AND ANATOMY OF THE BRAIN. The BRAIN is admitted by physiologists, to be the organ of the mind, although dissection furnishes no clue to its functions, but the same may be said of the eye, the tongue or the ear. The phrenologist compares developement of brain with manifestation of mental power, and by its classification of organs arranges those instruments through which the mind manifests its power during life. A brief description of the brain therefore will be advantageous. It is a mass of soft matter not homogeneous, but presenting different appearances; part of it white in colour, and fibrous in texture is named the _medullary substance_ and abounds in the interior; the other matter is of a grey colour and not fibrous in appearance, this forms the outer-portion of brain, they do not blend together, but have a perfect line of distinction. There is no adipose or fatty matter in the skull. The brain is divided into two hemispheres, separated by a strong membrane termed the _Falciform process of the Dura Mater_, and each hemisphere is divided into three lobes, anterior, middle and posterior: the two hemispheres and the organs of each side are brought into communication by fibres running transversely. The _cerebellum and brain_ are only slightly and indirectly connected.