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NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

346 AND 348 BROADWAY.

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M.DCCC.LX.

Juv

1860.46

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

THE BEQUEST OF
THEODORE JEWETT EASTMAN

1931

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859. by

EDWARD TUCKERMAN POTTER,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Sontheru District of

New York.

CONTENTS.

FRONTISPIECE

TO THE OLD FOLKS

TO THE CHILDREN

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THE GARDEN OF EDEN

Noah's ARK

THE TOWER OF BABEL

LOT'S WIFE; OR, THE PILLAR OF SALT, AND THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM AND

GOMORRAH

HAGAR IN THE WILDERNESS

THE OFFERING UP OF ISAAC

JOSEPH AND HIS COAT OF MANY COLORS

JOSEPH IN THE LAND OF EGYPT .

JOSEPH-PHARAOH'S DREAM

JOSEPH–THE FAMINE .

JOSEPH—His BRETHREN GO DOWN TO BUY CORN IN EGYPT

JOSEPH–THE SECOND JOURNEY OF THE BRETHREN

JOSEPH–THE CUP

JOSEPH-HE MAKES HIMSELF KNOWN TO HIS BRETHREN

JOSEPH-JACOB GOES DOWN INTO EGYPT

JOSEPH–THE BLESSING

MOSES IN THE BULRUSHES

MOSES AND THE BURNING BUSH.

MOSES AND THE BRICKMAKERS

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THE TEN PLAGUES OF EGYPT:-1. The Blood; 2. The Frogs; 3. The Lice;

4. The Flies; 5. The Murrain ; 6. The Boil; 7. The Hail; 8. The

Locusts; 9. The Darkness; 10. Death of the First-Born

PHARAOH AND HIS Host SWALLOWED UP IN THE RED SEA

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MANNA IN THE WILDERNESS

91

THE BRAZEN SERPENT

94

GIDEON

SAMSON.

100

RUTH

106

LITTLE SAMUEL

110

DAVID AND THE GIANT GOLIATH

114

THE LOVE OF DAVID AND JONATHAN .

119

ABSALOM

126

THE WISDOM OF SOLOMON

131

ELIJAH FED BY RAVENS, AND THE Widow's Cruse Of Oil

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ELIJAH AND THE CHARIOT OF FIRE

136

ELISHA AND THE WIDow's CRUSE OF OIL .

138

ELISHA AND THE SHUNAMMITE

139

NAAMAN THE SYRIAN

142

THE AXE THAT SWAM

146

THE SIEGE OF SAMARIA AND THE SYRIANS' Flight

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ESTHER .

151

JOB

162

THE IMAGE OF GOLD; OR, THE BURNING FIERY FURNACE

167

DANIEL IN THE LION'S DEN

171

JONAH.

174

THE BIRTH OF JESUS OUR SAVIOUR

178

THE FLIGHT INTO EGYPT

182

THE CHILDHOOD OF OUR SAVIOUR

184

The Good SAMARITAN

186

THE PRODIGAL SON

187

THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN

189

THE RAISING OF Jairus'S DAUGHTER

190

THE RAISING OF LAZARUS

191

THE RAISING UP OF THE SON OF THE WIDOW OF NAIN

195

THE FIRST MARTYR

196

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