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TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Lesson.
LESSONS IN PROSE.
The names of American writers are in small capitals.
Page.
9
STORY. 11
Jane Taylor. 17
FREEMAN. 25
DWIGHT. 29
PIERPONT. 33
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10. Character of a wise and amiable Woman
12. Scenery at the Notch of the White Mountains
13. "The Fashion of this World passeth away"
14. The same, concluded
19. Instability of Character
20. The same, concluded
21. Stability of Character
23. The Village Grave-Yard
25. The Wife
26. The same,
concluded
29. The Mountain of Miseries
30. The same, concluded
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31. Advantages of a Taste for the Beauties of Nature.. Percival. 77
35. Government of the Temper
36. Peevishness
43. Confessions of a bashful Man
44. Intemperate Love of Praise
47. Description of the Custom of Whitewashing
48. On considering both Sides of a Question
51. Influence of Christianity in elevating the
Females
52. Letter on Watering-places..
53. The same, concluded..
55. Character and Decay of the North American
59. Portrait of a worldly-minded Woman....
60. Portrait of a selfish Woman.....
62. Extracts from "A Father's Legacy".
63. The same, concluded.......
65. A Family Scene.....
66. The same, concluded.
67 Local Associations..
Mrs. Chapone. 83
Ibid. 86
Ibid. 88
Chesterfield. 94
Miss Talbot. 96
Anonymous. 97
Blair. 101
HOPKINSON. 109
Beaumont. 113
Character of
CARTER. 118
..Mrs. Barbauld. 120
.Ibid. 123
Indians...STORY. 129
.FREEMAN. 137
IBID. 140
Gregory, 146
. IBID. 148
Miss Ferrier. 153
..Ibid. 156
...........OTIS. 160
70. Influence of the Female Character
Page
THACHER. 164
72. On the relative Value of Good Sense and Beauty in the
Female Sex
... Literary Gazette. 171
78. A Solid and a Superficial Education contrasted Ruhnken. 180
80. On Discretion
81. Advantages of a well-cultivated Mind
...
Addison. 188
Bigland. 191
MISS BEECHER. 201
QUINCY. 210
85. Candor, in estimating the Attainments of others. FREEMAN. 198
86. The Profession of a Woman .......
90. On Respect for Ancestors
91. Character of the Puritans
92. The Coming of the Pilgrims
93. Lady Arabella Johnson
STORY. 210
SULLIVAN. 214
STORY. 216
98. Effects of the Institutions and Example of the first
Settlers of New England
99. New England
QUINCY. 226
MRS. CHILD. 228
100. Conclusion of a Discourse, in Commemoration of the
first Settlement of Salem, Mass.
105. Childhood
106. The same, concluded
107. Dialogue: Mr. and Mrs. Bolingbroke
108. The Burning of Moscow
109. The same, concluded.
110. View of Mont Blanc at Sunset
117. Comparison of Watches
118. Female Economy
119. Maternal Influence
120. Primitive Tea-Parties in New York
123. Baneful Effects of Intemperance
125. The Uncalled Avenger
128. Extract from "Suggestions on Education". MISS BEECHER. 282
129. Female Accomplishments
132. Conclusion of a Discourse in Commemoration
Lives of Adams and Jefferson
133. Education a Life Business
137. Lilias Grieve
143. The God of Universal Nature
146. Dignity and Excellence of the Poetical Art
147. Popular Institutions favorable to Intellectual
ment
Chalmers. 316
CHANNING. 324
Improve-
EVERETT. 327
153. The moral Principles of the Bible of universal Applica-
tion
158. An Incident in the early History of America
163. Fashionable Follies
169. Grandeur of Astronomical Science
170. Escape from a Panther
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174. Indolence and Intellectual Dissipation
176. The Tiger's Cave
177. The same, concluded
COOPER. 376
WIRT. 389
Edinburgh Literary Journal. 393
Ibid 396
54 The Tear of Penitence
56. Melancholy Fate of the Indians
57. Concluding Lines of the "Fall of the Indian” .MCLELLAN. 135
58. Death-Song of Outalissi.
61. Fancy and Philosophy contrasted
Campbell. 136
Beattie. 142
64. To a Log of Wood upon the Fire New Monthly Magazine. 151
68. To Seneca Lake
69. Lake Superior.
71. A Scene in a private Mad-House
73. Maternal Affection.
74. Napoleon at Rest
75. The Warrior
76. War
77. The Battle of Blenheim
79. Conversation
82. The Vulture of the Alps
83. Song of the Stars....
84. Domestic Love
87. Curiosity
88. The Love of Country and of Home
89. Columbus in Chains
94. The Pilgrim Fathers
95. Landing of the Pilgrim Fathers
96. Hymn..
97. The Western World
101. The Death of Moses
..
PERCIVAL. 162 ·
GOODRICH. 163
Lewis. 169
Mrs. Hemans. 173
PIERPONT. 174
Anonymous. 175
Porteus. 177
Southey. 178
Согорєт. 196
Anonymous. 194
BRYANT. 196
Croly. 197
SPRAGUE. 203
Montgomery. 206
Miss Jewsbury. 207
SPRAGUE. 218
Mrs. Hemans. 221
102. Sonnet on the Entrance of the American Woods
103. Marco Bozzaris
PIERPONT. 222
BRYANT. 223
Taylor. 233
Galt. 235
HALLFOR. 236
Croly. 254
Grahame. 255
Wilson. 257
HALLECK. 257
Moore. 259
PIERPONT. 260
Beattie. 267
Mrs. Hemans. 269
Shelley. 273
126. Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale of Chamouny ..Coleridge. 278
127. The Soldier's Widow
150. Rhine Song of the German Soldiers
151. The Isles of Greece..
152. Liberty to Athens
154. The Dead Mother: a Dialogue
155. Burial of the Young
WILLIS. 281
BRYANT. 286
WARE. 287
WILLIS. 295
ANONYMOUS. 298
BRYANT. 299
HILLHOUSE. 308
DANA. 313
Byron. 319
Miss Mitford. 320
BRYANT. 329
Bayley. 330
Mrs. Hemans. 332
Byron. 333
PERCIVAL. 335
Anonymous. 340
MRS. SIGOURNEY. 342
156. On the Loss of Professor Fisher in the Albion
157. The Sunday School
159. Trust in God
160. The Patriot's Wish
161. Summer Noon
162. Summer Wind
164. Lochiel's Warning
165. Joan of Arc in Rheims
166. Raphael's Account of the Creation
167. Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard
168. Dialogue: Gesler and Tell
171. Order of Nature
172. A Sister pleading for the Life of a Brother
173. The Passions
BRAINARD. 344
MRS. SIGOURNEY. 344
Wordsworth. 349
SPRAGUE. 351
WILCOX. 353
BRYANT. 354
Campbell. 360
Mrs. Hemans. 363
Milton. 365
Gray. 367
Knowles. 371
Pope. 381
Shakspeare. 383
Collins. 386
Byron. 391
Miss Landon. 399
Mrs. Barbauld. 400
Bowring. 492
Mrs. Hemans. 405
Milton. 407