6. Portrait of a Patriarch, selected from Job, by 7. An uncharitable Spirit rebuked. 15. The Indians of North America. . CINCINNATI NAT. REPUBLICAN. 16. Story and Speech of Logan. 20. Grandeur and Interest of American Antiquities 28. Obedience to the Commands of God rewarded 29. Promises of Religion to the Young 33. Obidah.-the Journey of a Day 51. Devotional Influences of Natural Scenery. Blackwood's Ed. Mag. 102 52. Passage of the Shenandoah through the Blue Ridge. JEFFERSON. 105 72. Cruelty to Animals reproved 73. Excessive Severity in Punishments censured 87. Religion the best Preparation for Duty in Life 83. The Young of every Rank entitled to Education.. GREENWOOD. 160 93. The Bells of St. Mary's, Limerick . . . London Literary Gazette. 168 108. Extract from an Oration delivered at Plymouth E. EVERETT. 200 110. Claims of the Pilgrims to the Gratitude and Reverence of 116. Extract from a Speech on the American Colonies. Lord Chatham.,219 117. Extract from a Speech on British Aggressions, PATRICK HENRY. 221 118. Account of the Battles of Lexington and Concord. 120. Extract from an Oration delivered at Concord 130. Extract from an Address on Bunker's Hill Botta. 242 135. Nature of True Eloquence. Extract from a Discourse in commemoration of Adams and Jefferson. 96. "That ye, through his poverty, might be rich" 97. Elijah fed by Ravens. 99. The Summit of Mount Sinai Monthly 129. Warren's Address before the Battle of Bunker's Hill' NATIONAL READER. LESSON I. Discovery of America.—Abridged from ROBERTSON. On Friday, the third day of August, in the year one thou and four hundred and ninety-two, Columbus set sail from Palos, in Spain, a little before sunrise, in presence of a vast crowd of spectators, who sent up their supplications to Heaven for the prosperous issue of the voyage; which they wished, rather than expected. His squadron, if it merit that name, consisted of no more than three small vessels, the Santa Maria, the Pinta, and the Nigna, having on board ninety men, mostly sailors, together with a few adventurers, who followed the fortune of Columbus, and some gentlemen of the Spanish court, whom the queen appointed to accompany him. He steered directly for the Cănary Islands; from which, after refitting his ships, and supplying himself with fresh provisions, he took his departure on the sixth day of September. Here the voyage of discovery may properly be said to have begun; for Columbus, holding his course due west, left immediately the usual track of navigation, and stretched into unfrequent'ed and unknown seas. The first day, as it was very calm, he made but little way; but, on the second, he lost sight of the Canaries; and many of the sailors, already dejected and dismayed, when they contemplated the boldness of the undertaking, began to beat their breasts, and to shed tears, as if they were never more to behold land. Columbus comforted them with assurances of success, and the prospect of vast wealth in those opulent regions, whither he was conducting them. This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught Columbus that he must prepare to struggle, not only with |