ALLEN WENTWORTH.--A young man who “went wrong.” Dissipated. Inherited love of drink. Is it for us who inherited no such tendency to condemn him? Mental and moral qualities handed down. Shall the “born good” despise the “born bad”? Allen Wentworth like character in a novel recently read by one of the company. Other novels and other characters spoken of. BOOKS AND AUTHORS GENERALLY.--Funny scenes recounted and laughed at. Heroes and heroines discussed. Beautiful passages quoted. DESCRIPTIONS OF NATURAL SCENERY.--Woods in spring. In fall. Shadows on the grass. Waving of corn and grain. Sunsets. Sunrises. We remained together for three or four hours, during which time I took notes, mentally, of the ideas expressed by different members of the company. I have put these notes upon paper in such a way as to show pretty nearly the course of the conversation, and how naturally one thing led to another. During my ride home I had ample opportunity, thanks to the peculiar temperament of Mr. David’s horse, of comparing this conversation with that to which I had listened at the sewing-circle. And what a difference! Why, that first one was so trivial, so aimless, with its never-ending gossip, I actually felt myself growing smaller while hearing it. And I could but compare the two ways in which the two sets of talkers handled the same subjects. For instance, “spring o’ the year” was mentioned by the first merely as a time of house-cleaning, and a dearth of pie-material. The second talked of spring flowers and spring birds, of leaves bursting, and swamps awaking. Children were discussed by the first set, chiefly, I think, with regard to what they liked to eat, or to whether, individually, they were or were not “hard on their clothes;” at any rate, there was no interchange of ideas concerning the right way of bringing them up. The second spoke of children as immortal beings, the training of whom called for a mother’s best endeavors. Even in talking about their neighbors there was a difference. Many members of the sewing-circle seemed rather to enjoy the downfall of Henry T.,--some even to exult over it. Allen Wentworth, on the contrary, was tenderly spoken of by Mrs. Royal and her friends; and the causes of his wrong-doing were thoughtfully considered.