AWE. Rule IV.

That bright dream was his last;

TERROR. RULE XI.

He woke, to hear his sentry's shriek,

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TO ARMS! they COME! the GREEK! the GREEK!

ALARM. Rule XII.

He woke, I

AWE. Rule IV.

to DIE

(Impassioned falling inflection.)

TERROR and AWE (alternating). Rules XI. and IV. (With quick movement.)

1. Unimpassioned Narrative and Description.

A gentleman, who was distinguished for true politeness, once had charge of an Institution for the Insane. It was observed that he easily ruled the refractory, and even fascinated the brutal and obdurate. To an inquiry, what was the secret of this magic power, he replied, "In dealing with those unfortunate beings, I ever keep uppermost in my mind, that God is love!"

2. Reverence.

And chiefly thou, O Spirit! that dost prefer
Before all temples, the upright heart and pure,
Instruct me, for thou knowest.

3. Horror.

The world was void,

The populous and the powerful was a lump,
Seasonless, herbless, treeless, manless, lifeless-
A lump of death-a chaos of hard clay.

4. Surprise.

Gone to be married! gone to swear a peace!
It is not so; thou hast misspoke, misheard;
Be well advised, tell o'er thy tale again.
It cannot be; thou dost but SAY, 'tis so.

5. Wonder.

What is't?-a spirit?

See, how it looks about!

6. Amazement.

What may this mean,

That thou, dead corse, again, in complete steel,
Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon,

Making night hideous.

LESSONS IN READING.

NOTE.-This signattached to words or phrases, indicates that they are explained or pronounced in the Index, at the end of the volume. The grave accent, over a vowel, shows it is to be sounded; over the latter of two vowels that they are to be separately sounded Letters in italic are silent. The usual mark is occasionally applied to denote accent.

The pupil should keep in mind that in such words as air, care, ere, and there, a and e take the long sound of a slightly broadened in blending with that of r; in words like her, were, sir, and stir, e and i are modified into a very slender sound of short u; in such as ask, fast, dance, glass, and the like, the a has a sound intermediate between those of a in ah and a in at; in unaccented syllables, as ment, dent, ness, cal, &c., the vowel has its short sound, very slightly pronounced; and that u immediately after the accent, takes a light sound of yu. To keep his attention alive to these nice points in pronunciation, as well as to indicate to him the true sound of other elements which are generally mispronounced, pointed letters have been occasionally, but sparingly, introduced.

I.-INDUSTRY THE GREAT TALENT.

WHEN we study the biographies of those who have raised themselves from the humblest stations in life, we have this lesson taught us, which it would be well if we always bore in mind:-by great application every one, with common natural endowments, may raise himself to an honorable distinction. We have many instances recorded of men having acquired fame solely by their own in'dustry.

If we want proofs of what application can do, we may find them in every department of literature, art, and science. Look at our great painters; they afford a noble example. Their splendid productions were not owing so much to their genius as to their application. Michael Angelo and °Raphael, who are esteemed the greatest, were industrious in the extreme. The former used to say that no common laborer worked so much through necessity as he did through choice; and that it was to his perseverance alone he owed his greatness. The celebrated inventor of the power-loom, Dr. °Cartwright, was spurred on to seek for fame by the reflection of what industry could do, as will be seen by the following four lines written by himself:

"Since even "Newton owns that all he wrought

Was due to industry and patient thought,
What shall restrain the impulses which I feel,
To forward as I may, the public weal?"

To what did Kirke White owe his reputation? or °Franklin or 'Boyle, Davy or 'Parke? We learn that all these never suffered a minute of their time to pass idly away. Where would have been the living monuments which eminent men have left behind them, had

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they spâred the midnight oil? And who is thêre among us can tell to what height he may elevate his own mind by adopting a similar plan? Who is there can say to any one, To such a height thou mayst raise thyself by study, but no higher! Time is continually passing away; and he who keeps adding fresh knowledge to his stock is surely more likely to make advancement toward greatness than he who, however naturally gifted, allows his minutes to be wasted. This our beloved and immortal Washington well knew; and to that knowledge was he partly indebted for his greatness,— and we partially for the advances we have already made in civilization.

In the dark ages were men, in general, gifted with less natural abilities than they are now? The idea is absurd. Then how is it there were so very few great men then in comparison with the numbers now? Can any one really suppose that there exist none with faculties equal to Watt, who are not engineers? none equal to "Franklin, who are not statesmen? In short, that there are not by far more unknown geniuses than known? I cannot believe it. HUGH GAWTHROP.

II. THE EMPTY WELL.

THREE days I trod the desert sand,
Before I spied a well at hand:
Then ran I o'er the burning sand.

Come, comrade! to my mate I cried,
Come, let us lounge upon its side
Until our thirst is satisfied.

Help me! he cried, and groped about,
For all his strength had given out-
He was a victim of the drought.

But I could not go back for him;
For why, my own dear eyes were dim,
And I was weak in every limb.

And so I crossed a sandy pile,
That seemed as desolate the while
As El Zahara on the Nile.

And far behind I heard a groan,

My comrade on his face was thrown,
And he was dying there alone.

So be it, was my selfish cry-
Far better were it he than I,
Because I am too young to die!

I left my comrade lying there,
To blister in the sunny glare-
And I had hope, and he despair.

I left him-how can I forget?-
His groans in dying haunt me yet—
I owe that man a dreadful debt!

But who can know the horrid spell
That came upon me when I fell
Exhausted at that mossy well?

It needed but one stupid stare-
The well was dry and burning bare-
One drop of water was not there!

JOHN F. WEISHampel, Jr.

III.—FLOWERS UNDER THE MICROSCOPE.

THE examination of flowers by the microscope opens a new field of wonders to the inquiring naturalist. Sir John Hill has given the following interesting account of what appeared on examining a carnation:

The principal flower in this elegant bouquet was a carnation: the fragrance of this led me to enjoy it frequently and near; the sense of smelling was not the only one affected on these occasions; while that was satiated with the powerful sweet, the ear was constantly attacked by an extremely soft but agreeable murmuring sound. It was easy to know that some animal, within the covert, must be the musician, and that the little noise must come from some little creature suited to produce it.

I instantly distended the lower part of the flower, and, placing it in a full light, could discover troops of little insects frisking with wild jollity among the narrow pedestals that supported its leaves, and the little threads that occupied its centre. What a fragrant world for their habitation! What a perfect security from all annoyance, in the dusky husk that surrounded the scene of action!

Adapting a microscope to take in at one view the whole base of the flower, I gave myself an opportunity of contemplating what they