CONTENTS.

Lesson

32. The Vow of the Grapes,

33. Sentiment and Simplicity,

34. Childish Speculations,

35. A Name in the Sand,

36. The Lady-Bug and the Ant,

37. Our Village,

38. Time and the Village Bells,

39. How old art Thou?

40. Old Ironsides,

41. The Summons,

42. The Oak Tree,

43. The Parted Spirit,

44. English Taxes,

45. The Reformers of England,

46. "He made the Stars also,"

47. The Cup too Much,

48. The Stricken King,

49. The Sword,

50. Lines to a Hen,

51. The Reaper and the Flowers,

52. The Ascent of the Spirit,

53. The Sick Child's Dream,

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Miss H. F. Gould, 59

60

Editor, 61

Miss H. F. Gould, 63

Mrs. Sigourney, 64

T. Hood,

65

67

68

Dr. Holmes, 69

70

M. Howitt, 72

J. Malcolm, 73

74

J. G. Whittier, 75

J. N. M'Jilton, 77

Editor, 78

Miss Jewsbury, 80

81

54. The Rubicon,

89

55. Extract from a Eulogy on Washington, Rev. J. M. Mason, 90

56. Washington,

57. Washington's Tomb,

58. Nature's Gentleman,

Miss E. Cooke, 92

Mrs. Sigourney, 94

Miss E. Cooke, 96

G. P. Morris, 98

99

59. The Old Oak,

60. The First Church,

61. My Aunt,

62. Pastoral Poetry,

63. The Plough,

64. Defence of the Pilgrim Fathers against the Charge of Per-

secution,

Editor, 104

Dr. Holmes, 100

N. P. Willis, 102

103

103. The Purpose of the Bunker Hill Monument,

104. Seventy Six,

105. Death of the Princess Charlotte,

106. The Death of Harrison,

Hon. Mrs. Norton, 136

T. H. Bayly, 139

Byron, 141

Bishop Heber, 142

143

145

Miss L. H. Sheridan, 147

Miss E. Cooke, 148

149

H. Martineau, 151

Miss E. Cooke, 152

Editor, 155

Cochran, 156

Editor, 157

159

Byron, 160

162

W. Scott, 164

J. Hogg, 166

W. Scott, 169

Campbell, 171

Webster, 173

Bryant, 175

Bryon, 176

N. P. Willis, 178

Lesson

107. Marullus's rebuke of the Roman Populace,

119. The Waters,

120. Drink and Die,

108. Beauty and Time,

109. Fairy Times,

110. The Love of Man a step to the Love of God,

111. The Musqueto,

112. The Katydid,

113. The Tea Party,

114. The Union of the States,

115. Tell on the Mountains,

116. Don't Give up the Ship,

117. Circassian War Song,

118. The Revellers,

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Shakspeare, 180

181

182

183

M'Jilton, 184

Dr. O. W. Holmes, 185

W. Irving, 187

Webster, 188

191

192

194

Ohio Backwoodsman, 196

Miss E. Cooke, 198

199

138. Virginius,

139. The Maniac,

140. The Dying Brigand,

141. The Rover,

121. The Hall of Revelry,

122. The Old Man's Carousal,

123. Last Words of an Indian Chief,

124. Speech of Philip of Mount Hope,

125. The Last Words of Philip of Mount Hope,

126. Indian Names,

134. The Stream of Death,

135. The Prince and the Beggar,

136. Time and Eternity,

137. The Battle of Waterloo,

127. The Indian's Vow,

128. O, Let us Die like Men,

129. The Seminole's Reply,

130. Singing for the Million,

131. Death in the Kitchen,

132. The Cause of Thunder,

133. The Settlement of New England and Virginia,

Mrs. Hemans, 201

J. K. Paulding, 203

Mrs. Sigourney, 204

Editor, 205

Editor, 207

Mrs. Sigourney, 209

C. Sperry, 211

Lt. G. W. Patten, 212

Lt. G. W. Patten, 213

T. Hood, 215

T. Hood, 218

Editor, 220

Webster, 222

225

Bulwer, 226

Young, 228

Byron, 229

Macaulay, 231

M. Lewis, 235

237

Miss E. Cooke, 239

Miss E. Cooke, 240

142. The Gipsy's Tent,

143. The Character of Washington wholly American, Webster, 241

144. The Family Meeting,

C. Sprague, 244

Lesson

145. The Days of old Romance,

146. The Dying Warrior,

147. The Banner of the Cid,

148. Address of Richard Coeur-De-Lion,

149. Henry of Navarre,

150. The Baron's last Banquet,

151. The Dirge of the Conqueror,

152. The Jewish Battle Song,

153. Thermopylæ,

154. Ambition,

155. War a Serious Question,

156. The Oyster,

157. Water for me,

158. The Well of St. Keyne,

159. A Parental Ode,

160. The Cataract of Niagara,

161. Lord Thurlow's reply to the Duke of Grafton,

162. The Leper,

163. Clan Alpine's Vow,

164. The Greenwood Shrift,

165. Human Improvement,

166. The Old Arm Chair,

167. Charles Chatterbox,

G. M. Snow, 246

Mrs. Hemans, 247

W. Scott, 249

Macaulay, 251

A. G. Greene, 254

W. Kennedy, 257

G. Lunt, 259

Bishop G. W. Doane, 260

N. P. Willis, 261

Mr. Winthrop, 263

Editor, 265

Johnson, 267

Southey, 268

270

T. Hood, 273

275

N. P. Willis, 276

Sir A. Boswell, 278

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