231 234 236 240 ( CHAMBERS, - Demosthenes-Creasy. Cicero and Demosthenes Compared - Fen- Degeneracy of Athens- Demosthenes. Value of Literature- - Cice- Know before you Speak-True Generosity-Moral and Physical Basis of our System- Washington. A Republic Strongest - Jef- ferson. True Bond of Union-Jackson. Religious and Mental Culture-Wayland. Our Political Experiment — Wirt. Moral Force of Example-McLean. Fabric of our Government-Webster, 287 Traits of Character- Flint. Indian Mounds-Ib. Disappearance of Indians from the Ohio — Audubon. Their Retreat Westward- 147. Shakspeare's Power of Expression, 248. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS ELOQUENCE. Religion essential to Morality- Washington. Indebtedness to Chris- Park. This Life's Experiences point to Another - Wil- son. Joys of a Good Conscience - South. Outward and Inward Riches-Talfourd. Effects of Infidelity - Hall. Knowledge an Assurance of Immortality- Wilson. Demoralization of Irreli- gion - Channing. Study of God's Works - Linnæus. Ministry of the Beautiful - Chalmers. The most Precious Possession- 293 305 311 - Indebtedness to Society Mountford. Love of Home-Webster. Resistance to Ridicule - Sydney Smith. Of Veracity — Wayland. Perseverance under Failure Niebuhr. Abuse of the Imagina- RUSSELL, LAMARTINE, ning. Moral Influence of a Literary Taste-Hillard. Desirable- Extent of the Universe. The Atmosphere- Qu. Review. The Steam- CONTENTS. 81. SELECT PASSAGES IN VERSE. ance - ADDISON, 11 Keble. Friendship- Wordsworth. Comfort in Adver- sity - Southey. Futurity-Dryden. Short-sightedness. Trench. - Essen- A Prayer Thomson. Providence Inscrutable — Addison. tial Knowledge attainable by All- Wordsworth. Knowledge and Wisdom-Cowper. To Duty-Wordsworth. Death of the Young and Fair-Conscientious Discharge of Duty-Bryant. Hope and Trust in God -Young. He lives long who lives well- 141. POETRY OF THE SEASONS. PART I. The Tardy Spring - Whittier. The Blue-bird's Song - Street. De- lights of Spring-Howitt. First Warm Day of Spring - Horace Pleasures of Hope- Campbell. Fame-Pope. Death-Young. Kos- 297 307 374 378 Effects of Oratory on a Multitude Croly. Soliloquy of Van True Glory-Milton. Consolation for a Friend's Death - Cowper. Harmony of Expression - Pope. The Hope of an The Lessons of this Part contain much that the memory should be repeatedly refreshed with; and they have been constructed and arranged to serve as Reading Exercises, either after some of the simpler Exercises of Part II., or before, according to the capacity of pupils. INTRODUCTORY REMARKS. 1. THE ability to read aloud in an easy and agreeable manner ought to rank first among the physical and intellectual accomplishments of the young. Apart from the service it may enable us to render to others, is the benefit to health which the habit of exercising the voice, under proper restrictions, may afford. 66 'Reading aloud, and recitation," says Dr. Combe, "are more useful and invigorating muscular exercises than is generally imagined." 2. To attain a good elocutionary delivery, the articulation must be firm and complete, the pronunciation correct, the modulation or management of the voice appropriate, and the expression animated and sympathetic. In proportion as these conditions are complied with, the delivery will be distinct, significant, and impressive. Audibleness depends less on a loud voice than on a clear and faithful articulation. 3. It will thus be seen that there are three stages of advancement for the pupil. In the first, his attention is confined to the mechanical effort of uttering letters, syllables and words with precision and ease; in the second, which presupposes the first, he utters sentences according to their grammatical significance; and in the third, which presupposes the first |