CONTENTS.

PART FIRST.

LESSONS IN PROSE.

NARRATIVE PIECES,

HISTORICAL OR FICTITIOUS.

Lesson.

Page.

4. The Chinese Prisoner,

T. Percival. 21

21. Account of W. Penn's treaty with the Indians, Ed. Review. 60

22. Visit to the Falls of Missouri,

Ibid. 63

28. No life pleasing to God that is not useful to

man:- An Eastern narrative,

Haickesworth. 76

34. The Mice:--A fable,

Fenelon. 91

39. Interview between Waverley and Mc. Ivor, Waverley. 96

47. A Morning in the Highlands of Scotland, Rob Roy. 118

50, The White Bear,

T. Percival, 123

66. Fortitude of the Indian character,

Adair. 156

93. The Baptism, .

Wilson. 211

94. Romantick story,

Quarterly Review. 217

95. Anecdotes of Mozart,

Scrap Book. 218

140. Singular adventure,

Bradbury's Trarels. 311

160. Death of old Lewis Cameron,

Wilson, 358

DESCRIPTIVE PIECES.
19. Feelings excited by a long voyage,

W. IRVINO. 54
20. Brief description of Pompey's Pillar, --Address and
fearlessness of British sailors,

Irwin. 53
40. Egyptian Mummies, Tombs, and Manners, Belsoni. 100
59. Last days of Herculaneum,

Scrap Bouk. 141

64. Supposed Feelings of Adam, on being called into

existence,

Buffon. 150

135. Old Mortality,

Tales of My Landlord. 298

136. The same, concluded,

Ibid.

301

153. Burial places near Constantinople, :

Anastasius. 337

156. Destruction of Goldau, and other villages; BOCKMINSTER. 345

1:59. A Thunder-storm among the Highlands of Scotland, Pilson. 357

131. The Blind Preacher,

WIRT

415

DIDACTICK PIECES,

41

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.

Lesson.

Page

1. A Devotional spirit recommended to the young, Cappe. 13

2. Paternal Instruction,

Luc. 15

5. The Contrast ; or Peace and War,

Atheneum.

8. Advantages of a Taste for Natural History,

Wood. 29

9. The Pleasures of a cultivated Imagination, D. Stewart. 31

10. The Happiness of Animals, a proof of the Divine Be-

nevolence,

Paley. 32

13. Eternity of God,

GREENWOOD. 39

14. The same, concluded,

IBID.

26. On the Pleasure of acquiring Knowledge,

Alison. 172

27. On the Uses of Knowledge,

Ibid. 73

43. The mutual relation between Sleep and Night, Paley. 109

44. Social Worship agreeable to the best impulses

of our nature,

Mrs. Barbauld. 110

46 On the relative value of good Sense and Beauty

in the Female Sex,

Lond. Lit. Gazette. 116

51. The Miseries of War,

Robert Hall. 124

53. Consideration of the excuses that are offered

to palliate a neglect of religion,

BUCKMIXSTER. 129

54. Subject continued,

IBID. 131

55. Subject concluded,

IBID. 134

58. Maternal Affection,

Scrap Book. 140

62. The Seasons,

MONTHLY ANTHOLOGY. 144

71. Autumn,

Alison. 166

81. On the reasonableness of Christian Faith, BOCKMINSTER, 187

82. On the importance of Christian Faith,

IBID. 190

104. Daily Prayer.-Morning,

CHANNING. 234

105. Daily Prayer.-Evening,

IBID.

237

110. On the Dangers of Moral Sentiment unaccompanied

with Active Virtue,

Alison. 246

111. On Infidelity, -

A. Thompson. 249

112. The same subject, concluded,

Ibid. 250

117. Charity to Orphans,

Sterne. 258

125. On the Waste of Life,

FRANKLIN. 274

132. On the Use and Abuse of Amusements,

Alison. 287

147. Thanksgiving,

CRAFTS. 329

161. Religion and Superstition contrasted,

Mrs. Carter. 362

209. On the moral uses of the phenomena of the material

universe,

Alison. 478

PATHETICK PIECES.
15. The Son,
16. The same, concluded,
67. The Widow and her son,
68. The same, concluded,
2. Moss Side,
73. The same, concluded,

IDLE MAN. 43

Ibid. 48
W. IRVING. 158

leid. 161
Wilson. 170
Ibid. 174

Lesson.

119. The Head-stone,

164. The Prodigal Son,

Page.

Wilson. 262

375

DRAMATICK PIECES.

DIALOGUES, ADDRESSES, AND SOLILOQUIES.

11. Real virtue can love nothing but virtuc ;-a Dia-

logue:-Dionysius, Pythias, and Damon, Fenelon. 35

25. Inportance of literature ;-A Dialogue-Cadmus

and Hercules,

Lyttleton. 68

33. Mercury, an English Duellist, and

an American Savage,

Dialogues of the Dead. 88

45. Lord Bacon and Shakspeare, Blackwood's Ed. Mag. 111

99. The Sultan and Mr. Haswell,

Mrs. Inchbald. 227

199. Address of Brutus to the Roman populace, Shakspeare. 453

PIECES FOR RECITATION, OR SPEAKING.
32. Reply of Red Jacket to the Missionary, at a
council of chiess, 1805,

Philanthropist. 86
78. The Slave Trade,

WEBSTER. 183
146. Part of the letter of the British Spy,

WIRT. 324
149. Conclusion of a discourse delivered at Plymouth,
Mass. 22d Dec. 1820,

WEBSTER. 331
174. Reply of Rob Roy to Mr. Osbaldistone, Rob Roy. 399

HUMOROUS PIECES.

60. New mode of Fishing,

Scrap Book. 142

109. Diedrich Knickerbocker's New-England

Farmer,

W. IRVING. 244

123. Dr. Slop and Obadiah, meeting,

Sterne. 270

154. Thoughts on Letter-writing, Blackwood's Magazine. 339

88. Spring,

MISCELLANEOUS PIECES.

6. Parallel between Pope and Dryden,

Johnson. 24

65. Scottish Musick:-its peculiarity accounted for,

Beattie. 154

86. Nimmt, from the Lay Preacher,

DENNIE. 196

87. Midnight musings,

W. IRVING. 199

DENNIE. 202

89. Extract from a criticism on Ossian,

Blair. 204

97. Character of Mr. James Watt,

Jeffrey. 222

98. Death and character of Howard,

Clarke. 225

100. The Monied Man,

New Monthly Mag. 228

118. On the perishable nature of poetical fame, Jeffrey. 260

124. Heroick Self-denial,

Lond. Lil. Gaz, 272

134. Forest Trees,

W. IRVING. 295

141. The Discontented Pendulum,

Youth's Magazine. 314

146. Letter from the British Spy, in Virginia,

Wirt. 324

167. The Abuses of Conscience ;-a sermon,

Sterne. 379

168. The same, continued,

bid. 381

171. Character of John Playfair,

Jeffrey. 391

PART SECOND.

LESSONS IN POETRY.

NARRATIVE PIECES.

Lesson.

Page.

36.
· The House-builder

Russian Anthology. 93
121. Pairing-time anticipated,

Cowper. 278
133./"l'he Needless Alarm,

Id. 292
155. Ginevra,

Anonymous. 343
204. The Ass and the Nightingale, Russian Anthology, 467

DESCRIPTIVE PIECES.

7. Select sentences and paragraphs from various authors, 26

Campbell. 37

18. Inscription, for the Entrance into a Wood, BRYANT. 53

24. A Summer Morning,

Thomson. 66

29. The Planetary System,

Mangnall. 81

42. Green River,

BRYANT. 107

48. April Day,

Anonymous. 121

61. A Winter Scene,

IDLE MAN, 143

70. An Evening Sketch,

Blackwood's Magazine. 165

84. The Coral Grove,

J. G. PERCIVAL. 195

92. A Sabbath in Scotland :-Persecution of the Scottish

Covenanters,

Grahame. 209

103. Thalaba, among the Ruins of Babylon,

Southey..232

106. Scene after a Summer Shower, CHRISTIAN DISCIPLE. 239

120. Lines written in a Highland Glen,

Wilson. 266

121. The Young Herdsman,

Wordsworth 267

122. The Shipwreck,

Wilson. 269

126. The Young Minstrel,

Beattie. 275

128. Fingal's Battle with the Spirit of Loda,

Ossian., 279

137. The Religious Cottage,

D. HUNTINGTON. 305

138. The Deaf Man's Grave,

Wordsworth. 306

152. A Natural Mirror,

Id's 336

183. Contrasts of Alpine Scenery,

Byron. 422

202. Description of the Castle of Indolence, and its In-

habitants,

Thomson. 460

DIDACTICK PIECES.

MORAL AND RELIGIOUS.
3. Select sentences and paragraphs, from various authors, 18
17. Lines to a child on his voyage, CARISTIAN DISCIPLE. 52
23. On Early Rising,

Hurdis. 65
30. Incentives to Devotion,

Henry K. White. 82
31. Ode to Sickness,

Anonymous. 84
35. The Lord and the Judge,

Lomonosor. 93
37. Hope triumphant in Death,

Campbell. 94
38. Lines written during a Thunder-storm, Russian Anthology. 96

Lesson.

Paga.

52. Nature and Poetry favourable to Virtue.-Humility

recommended in judging of Providence,

Beattie. 127

76. Slavery,

Cowper. 181

77. The same subject,

Montgomery. 182

80. Song of Rebecca, the Jewess,

İranhoe. 186

83. “ All things are of God,”

Moore. 194

85. Sonnet written in a Church-yard,

Blackwood's Mag. 196

90. The Dungeon,

Lyrical Ballads. 207

107. Baneful influence of skeptical philosophy, Campbell, 240

114. Po a Waterfowl,

BRYANT. 254

116. Thanatopsis,

Ip. 256

120. Lines written in a Highland glen,

Wilson. 266

121. The Young Herdsman,

Wordsworth. 267

126. The Young Minstrel,

Beattie, 275

142. A belief in the Superintendence of Providence,

the only adequate Support under Affliction, Wordsworth. 317

150. Effects of Education upon Individuals :-its im-

portance to the publick,

333

151,» An Evening in the Grave-yard, AMERICAN WATCHMAN. 335

175. Prophecy of the Destruction of Babylon,

Lowth's translation of Isaiah. 401
180. A Summer Evening Meditation,

Mrs. Barbauld, 413
206. Address to the Deity,

Russian Anthology. 469
208. God,

Ibid.

475

ld.

PATHETICK PIECES.

49. The Dead Lamb,

Anonymous. 122

63. Goody Blake and Harry Gill,

Wordsworth. 146

96. Death and Burial of a Child at Sea,

Anonymous. 220

108. Affecting picture of Constancy in Love,

Crabbe. 242
113. Death-scene in Gertrude of Wyoming,

Campbell. 253

157. Lament of a Swiss minstrel, over the Ruins of Goldau, NEAL. 351

158. Lycidas,-a monody,

Milton. 353

172. The Winter Night,

Burns. 396

DRAMATICK PIECES.

DIALOGUES, ADDRESSES, AND SOLILOQVIES.
139. The Alderman's Funeral,

Southey. 308
163. Scene from Percy's Masque,

HILLHOUSE. 370

165. The Church-yard,—first and second voices, Karamsin. 377

176. Lochiel's Warning,

Campbell. 406

178. Extract from a dialogue between a satirick poet and

his friend,

Pope. 410

179. Prince Edward and his keeper,

Miss Baillie, 412

182. Arthur, Hubert, and attendants,

Shakspeare. 418

187. Extract from “ Heaven and Earth, ,-a Mystery," Byron. 428

189 Hamlet and Horatio,

Shakspeare. 431

191. Gil Blas and the Archbishop,

from Le Sage. 436

192. Alexander the Great and a Robber,

Dr. Aikin, 438

194. Soliloquy of Macbeth,

Shakspeare. 441

195. Malcolm, Macduff, and Rosse,