before Mexico was a city, or the Atzec race had journeyed into central America. 10. Now, whenever the globe speaks in unison from every point of its surface, and history brings testimony from its every page, we may rest assured that there is more than common instruction in the tale; and, therefore, we should read and meditate upon it with more than ordinary attention. 11. And why is it, that man not only clings with the greatest pertinacity to those places of the earth to which, as we would say, nature has been the least bountiful, but also loves them with the most heartfelt affection, and acquires an elevation of mind, 'a determinedness of purpose, and a joyance of spirit in them, more than in places which abound far more in the good things of this world? The facts are certain and absolute; for there is not one exception to them; and there'fore the lesson that they teach us must be wisdom. It is wisdom, too. which bears directly upon our present object; and it is wisdom which is soon learned. 12. It is simply this: that in those wild, and as we would call them, barren places, man's chief occupation and converse are with nature whereas, in richer places, where there is more to tempt worldly ambition and worldly enterprise, art is his chief occupation, and becomes by habit his chief enjoyment. QUESTIONS.-1. What country does every man best love? 2. How is this proved by the Bedouin? 3. Which are more fond of their homes, the inhabitants of fertile vales, or of mountains? 4. By what is the passage, quoted in the fourth verse, represented to be uttered? 5. What places of A sia retain their original inhabitants? 6. What of Europe? 7. Of Northern Africa? 8. What parts of South America have been conquered, and where does the red Indian yet live? 9. How do you account for the attachment of these people to their homes? How are whirlwind, handful, and beyond, sometimes erroneously pronounced? LESSON XCIX. SPFLL AND DEFINE.-1. Dissemble, to assume a false appearance. 2. Profusion, rich abundance. 3. Swain, a servant employed in farming. 4. Tributary, yielding supplies. 5. Hoards, treasures, or large quantities of any thing laid up. 6. Alternate, one following the other in succession. 7. Tenant, one who has possession of any place; a dweller. 8. Revelry, noisy festivity. 9 Tepid. moderately warm; lukewarm 10. I'da, a lofty mountain in the Island of Candia. 11. Ar'no, a river in Italy, 12. Shelvy, full of rocks; sloping. Blessings of Providence equally Dispensed.- 1. E'EN now, where Alpine solitudes ascend, 3. Ye glittering towns, with wealth and splendor crowned; 4. As some lone miser, visiting his store, Bends at his treasure, counts, recounts it o'er; 5. But where to find that happiest spot below, The naked negro, panting at the line, Still grants her bliss at labor's earnest call; 3. Where wealth and freedom reign, contentment fails, QUESTIONS.-1. Where does the writer fancy himself situated, while he pens this piece? 2. Where are the Alps? 3. What did he fancy he saw from his lofty hight? 4. What did they combine to yield him? 5. What did the writer desire? 6. How does the tenant of the frigid zone, and the negro of the torrid zone, each regard their respective countries? 7. Of what does the patriot boast? 8. What is said of Nature? 9. What is the ultimate aim of all? What is meant by the line,' in the fifth verse? Ans. The Equator or Equinoctial line. What pause should be made at disdain and mind, second verse, and zone, fifth verse? Why should such pause be made? (Les. XII. 9.) How is heir parsed, last line, third verse? How is the emphasis on world, same line and verse, affected by its repetition? LESSON C. SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. Fabled, told in fables; invented, as stories. 2. Robing, dressing with splendid attire; arraying with elegance. 3. Lore, lesson; instruction. 4. Paradise, a place of supreme felicity and delight; the garden of Eden. In reading this lesson be careful to observe the final poetic pause. The Bird of Paradise.-C. B. Farnsworth. [This bird is fabled to have no feet, and never to leave its birth-place, the sky ] 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. FLY on, fly on! The blue sky is around thee, pure and bright Those fields are nigh— The angels' home; below, the tempests dwell, There soft winds feed thee, and thou dost rely, With constant trust, on One who loves thee well. Borne on thy wing Of purple, gray, and gold, thy fellows near Thrice happy bìrd! Would I were one of your celestial choir; Then only where thou art, my voice were heard, Singing sweet hymns, instinct with sacred fire. Stay as thou art, Loved bìrd; come nòt near earth, lest thou shouldst find, Earth keeps me here Awhile; yet I shall leave it, and shall rise On fairer wings than thine, to skies more clear, Better than thou-a Child of Paradise! QUESTIONS.--1. What is fabled of the Bird of Paradise? 2. Does the writer address it as though it were a reality? 3. Is it represented as being above, or below the clouds? 4. Who is meant by One, last line, second verse; and who by fellows, second Ene, third verse? 5. How is it represented as singing? 6. What does the writer exhort it to do, fifth verse? 7. What does the writer desire, fourth verse? 8. What does he say he shall do, and be, last verse? What inflection does the first line take? fourth and fifth verses? (Rule VII. Note I.) trasted, last line? Why the falling on bird, LESSON CI. SPEL AND DEFINE.-1. Negative, not positive, or real. 2. Gentry, people of rank and distinction; a term of civility. 3. Assenting, agreeing to; admitting as true. 4. Topic, a subject of conversation. 5. Intrinsic, internal; real. 6. Parts, qualities; faculties; literall, portions 7. Unwary, not cautious; heedless. A Mighty Good Kind of Man.-THORNTON. THE good qualities of a mighty good kind of man, if he has any, are of the negative kind. He does very little harm; but you never find him doing any good. He is very decent in appearance and takes care to have all the externals of sense and virtue; but you never perceive the heart concerned in any thought, word, or action." 2. Not many love him, though very few think ill of him: every body is his "dear sir," though he cares not a farthing for any body but himself. If he writes to you, though you have but the slightest acquaintance with him, he begins with "dear sir," and ends with "I am, good sir, your ever sincere and affectionate friend, and most obedient humble servant." 3. You may generally find him in company with older persons than himself, but always with richer. He does not talk much, but he has a "yes," or a "true sir," or "you observe very right, sir," for every word that is said; which, with the old gentry that love to hear themselves talk, makes him pass for a mighty sensible and discerning, as well as a mighty good kind of man. 4. It is so familiar to him to be agreeable, and he has such a habit of assenting to every thing said in company, that he does it without the trouble of thinking what he is about, I have known such a one, after having approved an observation made by one of a company, assent with "what you say is very just," to an opposite sentiment advanced by another; and I have frequently heard him contradict himself five times during the same conversation. 5. As the weather is a principal and favorite topic with a mighty good kind of man, you may make him agree that it is very hot, very cold, very cloudy, a fine sunshine, or it rains, snows, hails or freezes, all in the same hour. The |