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38. The Isles of Greece........

...........Byron. 120

39. The Puritans. .......... .................. Macaulay. 123

40. Importance of Knowledge to the Mechanic.G. B. EMERSON. 126

41. Effects of the Modern Diffusion of Knowledge... WAYLAND. 128

42. Life on the Prairies....... .... WASHINGTON IRVING. 131

43. Sunrise on the Hills.....

.......LONGFELLOW. 135

44. The Spirit of Beauty........

............Dawes. 137

45. The Frost......

.......H. F. Gould. 138

46. A Winter Morning.................... ANDREWS NORTON. 139

47. Curiosity..

....... CHARLES SPRAGUE. 141

48. The Nile..................... Dublin University Magazine. 144

49. Description of Niagara..................Mrs. SIGOURNEY. 147

Fall of Switzerland.................... Sidney Smith. 151

51. Hymnn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouni... Coleridge. 156

52. Hymn of Nature............... ...... W. B. O. PEABODY. 159

53. Passage down the Ohio......... ..JAMES K. Paulding. 161

54. An Evening Reverie ........

.......W. C. BRYANT. 162

55. Patrick Henry.....

ALEXANDER H. EVERETT. 164

56. Speech of Patrick Henry....

................. 167

57. Free Institutions of Government, .......S. K. LOTHROP. 170

58. Our Country....

.DANIEL WEBSTER. 173

59. New England....

...J. G. PERCIVAL. 175

60. The Village Blacksmith......... .....LONGFELLOW. 177

61. A Psalm of Life........

.......... IBID. 179

62. The Cataract and the Streamlet .......... Bernard Barton, 180

63. Advantages of a Cultivated Taste..... ......... Akenside. 182

64. A Bee Hunt.......

...... WASHINGTON IRVING. 184

65. Thoughts on Autumn........

......... Alison. 188

66. Thanksgiving.......

...JOSEPH T. BUCKINGHAM. 190

67. On the Receipt of my Mother's Picture....

ricture............ Cowper. 193

68. To the Past.......

..W. C. BRYANT. 197

69. Better Moments....... ...... ...... .... .N. P. Willis. 199

70. Extracts from Messiah....

.. Pope. 202

71. A Water Party in Danger...

.... Crabbe. 204

72. Gems of Poetry.........

............. 207

73. On the Improvement in the Construction of School

Houses...................

........D. P. PAGE. 213

74. True Regard towards Animals ........... EDWARD JARVIS. 217

75. Industry necessary to form the Orator...HENRY WARE, JR. 219

76. Lament for Mary.......

......IVolte. 221

77. Seasons of Prayer.

....... Henry WARE, İR. 223

78. The Hermit....

......... Beattie. 225

79. The Beadsman of Nithside.......

....... Burns. 227

80. Moss-Side ......

........... Wilson. 230

81. Same Subject, concluded........

.......... Ibid. 235

82. Regard paid by the Orator and the Poet to the Perfee-

i

tion of Man......

....... EDWARDS A. PARK. 240

83. Extract from Paradise and the Peri..... ......... Moore. 242

84. To the Ursa Major......... ........HENRY Ware, JR. 246

85. Prince Arthur – Hubert - Attendants......... Shakspeare. 252

86. Gesler and Tell.........

........Knowles. 256

27. On the Value of Time to Man....... ...civ., Young, 259

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88. Extract from a Speech delivered in Congress on the In..

dian Bill.......

........ ISAAC C. Bates. 261

89. Fulton's Account of his First Steamboat..... Joseph Story. 264

90. Trials of the Pilgrims..

....EDWARD EVERETT. 267

91. Settlement of New England..............Daniel Webster. 271

92. The Coming of the Pilgrims............CHARLES SPRAGUE. 274

93. Art........

......... Jbid. 277

94. Progress of Reform......................... E. H. Chapix. 279

95. On the Nature of Thunder Storms........Edinburgh Review. 281

96. Duties of American Citizens..... .........P. W. CHANDLER. 285

97. On the Death of President Harrison........George PUTNAM. 287

98. The Hour of Death ......

.........Mrs. Hemans. 289

99. The Graves of a Household.......................... Ibid. 291

100. The Genius of Death...

............... Croly. 292

101. The Coronation of Winter............. EDWARD Hitchcock. 293

102. A Forest on Fire.............

J. Audubon. 298

103, The Hermit of Niagara.................. Mrs. SiGOURNEY. 302

104. The Mocking Bird........... ......... Alexander Wilson. 306

105. Ode on the Passions........

......... Collins. 308

106. Greece..........................

.......... Byron. 312

107. Rome........

.......... lbid. 314

108. The Flight of Xerxes...........

...Miss Jewsbury. 316

109. The Battle Field..........................W. C. BRYANT. 317

110. The Beauties of Nature.......................S. G. Howe. 318

111. American Scenery........

...........SILLIMAN. 320

112. Shakspeare's Tomb.....

......WASHINGTON IRVING. 322

113. The Quarrel of Brutus and Cassius........... Shakspeare. 325

114. Antony's Address to the Roman Populace...... ... Ibid. 329

115. Cassius instigating Brutus, &c.........

..... Ibid. 332

116. Othello's Apology.......

... Ibid. 334

117. Religion the cause of the Settlements of New Eng

land..........

....John Q. Adams. 336

118. Conclusion of a Discourse, &c............Joseph Story. 338

119. Dr. Bowditch at Home............... ALEXANDER YOUNG. 342

120. Rienzi's Address to the Romans.... .........Miss Mitford. 344

121. Speech of Catiline before the Roman Senate. Croly's Catiline. 346

122. Cato's Soliloquy on the Immortality of the Soul... Addison. 347

123. Edward and Warwick ....... .... Franklin's Translation. 348

124. Custom of Whitewashing ........... FRANCIS HOPKINSON. 352

125. Same Subject, concluded........

....................

...... IBID. 354

126. Recollections of Hannah More..... ......E. H. Ross. 358

127. Same Subject, concluded ......

............... IBID. 361

128. Female Accomplishments.......

.... Hannah More. 367

129. An Address to the Deity...................

... Mrs. Barbauld. 369

130. The Three Warnings.........

...... Mrs. Thrale. 371

131. The Burial of Sir John Moore....... .......... Wolfe. 374

132. Extract from a Speech on the British Treaty. FISHER Ames. 376

133. Character of Leverett Saltonstall...STEPHEN C. Phillips. 380

134. The Blind Preacher.........

..........Wirt. 384

135. The Value of Christian Faith.............. BUCKMINSTER. 306

136. Death of Gertrude, and the Lament of Outalissi.. Campbell, 390

137. Reflections of Cardinal Wolsey, &c........... Shakspeare. 393

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138. On laying the Corner Stone of the Bunker Hill Monu.

ment, 17th of June, 1825. ........... Daniel WEBSTER. 397

139. On the Completion of Bunker Hill Monument, 17th of

June, 1843..........

................. IBID. 399

140. Devastation of the Carnatic, by Hyder Ali...........Burke. 401

141. Canning and Brougham........................Anonymous. 404

142. The Laborer....... .......... WILLIAM D. GALLAGHER. 408

143. Passing Away............... ..............John PIERPONT. 410

. 144. The Silent Moon........................GEORGE W. DOANE. 412

145. The Midnight Mail......................HANAH F. Gould, 414

146. The Progress of Knowledge. ....... ..S. G. GOODRICH. 415

147. The Study of Natural History....... ........T. M. BREWER. 418

148. George Washington...........

..5..C. W. UPHAM. 420

149. Pilgrim's Progress................ .........Macauley. 423

150. The Mummy................................ Horace Smith. 425

151. Hymn to the Flowers........... .....................Ibid. 428

142. A' Song for St. Cecilia's Day...

..........Dryden. 430

153. The Sailor's Mother.......

.......Southey. 432

154. Speech upon the Bill for the Relief of the Widow of

General Harrison....... .........IRAAC C. BATES. 437

· 155. Power of Conscience....... ......DANIEL WEBSTER. 438

156. The Broken Heart..

WASHINGTON IRVING. 442

157. Idea of a Perfect Woman.......

........ Burke. 445

158. The Millennium.......

....... Cowper. 447

159. The Idea of a State..............

......... Sir W. Jones. 448

160. The Passage.....

............... .. Uhland, (translated.) 449

161. Rosamund Gray...

........... Lamb. 450

162. The Influence of Poetry........ ... ....W. E. Channing. 454

163. Evidences of Christianity .......

..........IBID. 457

164. Extract from the Life of Jeremiah Smith..J. H. Morison. 460

165. A Paraphrase on Psalm LXXIV........... Miss Williams. 462

166. Tribute to the enterprising Spirit of the New Eng.

land Colonists....

........Burke. 463

167. Apostrophe to the Queen of France..... ......... Ibid. 464

168. Intemperance......................... Lyman BEECHER. 465

169. The Life of a Looking-Glass,

..Jane Taylor. 468

170. Same Subject, concluded,....

..... Ibid. 472

GLOSSARY

..... 477

INDEX OF AUTHORS.

.....11

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ADANS, John Q......

Doane, GEORGE W.........144
Addison, Joseph... . 122.

Dryden, John..............152.
Akenside, Mark...
Alison, Archibald.

EMERSON, GEORGE B.........40.
AMES, FISHER.......

EVERETT, ALEXANDER H. ....55.
Anonymous .........

EVERETT, EDWARD..........90.
Audubon, J. J...........

Franklin, (translation)......123.
Barbauld, Mrs.....

129
Barton, Bernard...

.62. Gallagher, William D.......142.
Bates, Islac C.........88, 154.

GOODRICH, S. G............146.
Beattie, James.....

•78. | GOULD, HANNAH F......45, 145.
BEECHER, LYMAN......

Grahame, James..........4, 29.
Bigland, John.........

GREENWOOD, F. W. P.........8.
Bonhote, .............
Bowring, John........

Hall, Basil...............
BREWER. T. M...

...147 HALLECK, F. G..............23.
BRYANT, W. C....14, 54, 68, 109. Hemans, Mrs.............98, 99.
BUCKINGHAM, J. T...........66. HENRY, PATRICK.............56.
BUCKMINSTER, J. S..........135. HILLARD, GEORGE S..2, 10, 11, 20.
Burke, Edmund ...140, 157, 166, HITCHCOCK, EDWARD.......101.

| HOPKINSON, FRANCIS....124, 125.

Howe, SAMUEL G...........110.
Byron, George Gordon.. ..22, 24,
38, 106, 107.

IRVING, WASHINGTON..17, 18, 42,

64, 112, 156.
Campbell, Thomas...25, 72, 136.
CHANDLER, P. W............96. JARVIS, EDWARD............74.
CHANNING, W. E........162, 163. Jewsbury, Miss.......
Chapin, E. H...............94. Johnson, Samuel.............5.
Coleridge, S. T............ .51. Jones, Sir William .....
Collins, William............105.
Congreve, William..........72. KENDALL, GEORGE W....33, 34.
Cowper, William.....67, 72, 158. Knowles, Sheridan...........86.
Crabbe, George...........4, 71.
Croly, George.........100, 121. Lamb, Charles.............161.

LONGFELLOW, H. W...43, 60, 61.
Dawes, Rurus .............44. | LOTHROP, S. K..........

...57,

167.

.........

...50.

83.

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Macaulay,..............39, 149. SIGOURNEY, MRS.........49, 103.
MAGAZINE, N. E........3, 15, 30. SILLIMAN,

111.
Magazine, Dublin University..48. Smith, Horace.........150, 151.
Milton, John.

..72.

Smith, Sidney
Mitford, Miss..............120. Southey, Robert............153.
Moir,....................... 13.

SPRAGUE, CHARLES...21, 47, 92,
Moodie,.................26, 27. 93.
Moore, Thomas......

STORY, JOSEPH...12, 19, 89, 118.
More, Hannah...... 128.
Morison, J. H. ........ 164.

Taylor, Jane...........169, 170.

Thomson, James.............72.
Norton, Andrews........ Thrale, Mrs................130.
PAGE, D. P...........

Uhland, (translated,).......160.
PARK, EDWARDS A...........82. UPHAM, CHARLES W........148.
Paulding, JAMES K....
PEABODY, W.B. O.....

WARE, HENRY, JR. ...75, 77, 84.
PERCIVAL, J. G..............59. WAYLAND, FRANCIS .........41.
Phillips, STEPHEN C...

WEBSTER, DANIEL.......58, 91,
PIERPONT, John............143. 138, 139, 155.
Pope, Alexander.............70. | Williams, Miss ............165.
PRENTICE, GEORGE D... 16. Willis, N. P................69.
Putnam, George........ .97. Wilson, John ......4, 37, 80, 81.

Wilson, Alexander .........104.
Review, Edinburgh...... .95. WIRT, WILLIAM ...........134.
Rogers, Samuel ..............4. Wolfe,.................76, 131.
Ross, E. H ............126, 127. Wordsworth, William.....31, 32.

alter........

..72 | Young, ALEXANDER...1, 28, 119.
Shakspeare, William.72, 85, 113, Young, Edward.............87.

114, 115, 116, 137.