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A Bamboo Forest . . . . . . . Basil Hall 67

The Catacombs of Alexandria . Richardson's Travels 70

A Turkish Funeral . . . . Madden's Travels 71

Jerusalem from the Mount of Olives. Lamartine's Travels 73

The Himalayas . . . . . . Mrs. Loudon 75

Ruins of Petra . . . . . Church of England Mag. 77

Crossing the Desert . . . . . Scenes in Egypt 81

Brock. . . A Tour through parts of the Netherlands 82

The Dwellings of the Chinese . . . . Davis 84

The Arabs . . . . Irby and Mangle's Travels 88

Ruins of Mycenæ . .

. . . Stephens 90

ORATORY.

On Negro Slavery . . . . . . Brougham 91

The Ancient Constitution of England . . . Burke 92

On Justice . . . . . . . . . .

Romulus to the People of Rome . . . . Hooke

Sedition Suppressed without Arms Cicero against Catiline 97

The Claims of the Poet . . . Cicero for Archias 98

Catiline to his Soldiers . . . . . Sallust 101

The Earl of Strafford's Defence . . . . .

102

Speech of the Earl of Chatham ..

104

The Rise of Mahometanism . . . . . Barrow 107

Ecclesiastical Music . . .

. Hooker 109

Constitution of England . . .

. Blackstone 110

The Power of Christianity . . . . Rev. H. Melvill 112

The Benefit of Good Laws . . . . . Booker 114

The Pleasure of Study and Contemplation . . Bishop Hall 115

The Praise of the Departed and the Memory of Ancestors

Thucydides 116

NATURAL HISTORY.

The Humming Bird . . . . . . Goldsmith 118

The Nightingale . . . . Chronicles of the Seasons 120

The Sugar Cane . . . . . Vegetable Substances 123

The Stork . . . . . Tiler's Natural History 125

The Papyrus . . . . . . Cabinet Library 128

The Habits of the Mole . . . . i . Couch 129

The Mahogany Tree . . . . . Miss Roberts 134

The Petrel . . . . . . . Wilson 137

The Ceylon Leech . . . Davy's Account of Ceylon 139

The Rein-Deer

Swallows .

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. . . . Tiler's Natural History 141

. White's Natural History of Selborne 143

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BIOGRAPHY.

St. Ignatius . . . . . . . . Cave 147

Ridley . . . . Palmer's History of the Church 149

Character of Alfred, King of England . . . Hume 151

Alfred's Thirst for Knowledge . . . . . Asser 151

Bishop Wilson . . . . . . . Palmer 153

William of Wykeham, Bishop . . . . Walcott 157

Aldhelm, Bishop of Sherborne . . . . . Churton 160

William Wilberforce . . . . . W.C. Taylor 164

Quintin Matsys . . . . . . . . Craik 165

Sir Isaac Newton . . . . . W. C. Taylor 166

RELIGION.

The Goodness of God . . .

Divine Wisdom . . . .

The Omnipresence of God . .

The Communion of Saints . .

The Providence of God over Nations ,

The Sacraments . . .

An Apostolical Ministry . . .

Early Piety . . . . .

Frequent Prayer . . . .

Repentance . ..

A Peaceable Temper . . .

Lessons of Wisdom . . . .

Foolish Jesting . . . . .

Lukewarmness and Zeal. . .

Christian Charity . . . .

Religious Retirement . . .

Rich and Poor . . . . .

The Fruits of Humility . . .

Earthly and Heavenly Honour . .

Effect of Example . . . .

The Doctrine of the Atonement . .

, Bishop Taylor 171

. . . Barrow 172

. . Horneck 174

. Bishop Pearson 175

, Bishop Horne 176

. . Hooker 177

. . Beveridge 178

. . Townson 180

. . Barrow 181

. . Taylor 183

. . . South 184

. . . Barrow 186

. Bishop Taylor 188

. Bishop Taylor 190

. . Sherlock 191

. Bishop Atterbury 192

. . . Horne 193

. . Horneck 194

. Bishop Taylor 196

. . . Barrow 199

. . Leighton 200

The Convolvulus Major. · · Rev. H. Thompson 219

The War of the League . . . . T. B. Macaulay 220

Langsyne . . . . . . . D. M. Moir 223

The Rainbow . i . . . . Fletcher 224

The Grasp of the Dead . . . . . L. E. Landon 225

Count Gero of Montfort . . . Rev. H. Thompson 226

Grizzel Hume . . . . . . . . S. M. 228

The Three Sons . . . . . . . J. Moultrie 231

The Snow Flake ..

. . Gould 234

Elegy written in a Country Church-yard . . . Gray 235

The Holly Tree . . . . . . . Southey 239

The Minstrel's Curse . . . . . W. B. Flower 240

To a Waterfowl . . . . . . . Bryant 243

The Reaper and the Flowers . . . . Longfellow 244

Llewellyn and his Dog . . . . . . Spenser 245

Thoughts in a Study . . . . . . Southey 247

King Henry V. and the Hermit of Dreux. . . Southey 248

Wolsey's Lament . . . . . . Shakspeare 250

Sleep . . . . . . . Shakspeare 251

Hymn to the Creator . . . . . . Milton 252

Mercy . . . . . . . . Shakspeare 253

Discord's House . . . . . . . Spenser 254

Hymn to the Sea ..

• . Alford 255

The Coral Insect . . . . . . Sigourney 257

Let us Love One Another

. . C. Swain 258

Danish Margaret . . . . . . Annabel C 259

The Little Mourner . . . . . . . Alford 262