CONTENTS. PAGE Armada, The 40 | Night before the Battle of Agin- 69 34 Battle of Flodden 37 30 Poland, On the Downfall of ...... 52 Battle of the Baltic.. 54 43 42 9 Queen Elizabeth and the Spanish Casabianca 53 Retreat of the French Army in Russia... 58 35 Richmond Encouraging his Sol- Romans, The Ancient 17 Santa Filomena Gloucester's Speech to the No- Sennacherib, The Destruction 7 Sir John Moore, The Burial of.. 57 16 Slavery, On the Abolition of..... 63 16 1 26 33 The Boy who could not lie 50 The Curfew Bell 22 39 The Highlanders and Havelock, 67 20 The Jews and the Scriptures 19 23 47 8 11 Marco Bozzaris 62 True Sister of Mercy.... 66 Modern Civilization founded on the Ancient 21 | Waterloo, The Field of ............ 59 SECTION II.-DIALOGUES, ORATIONS, NARRATIVE PIECES, ETC. 138 PAGE PAGE 107 86 Mark Antony over Cæsar's body, 72 105 100 118 106 Milton and his Prose Writings.. 111 116 Milton's Sublime Prayer for his 112 92 74 National Characteristics of the 115 Noble Revenge, The Indian's ... 130 71 129 114 Our Language, The Triumphs of, 108 129 Public Address by the Prince 122 99 91 Roderick Dhu and Fitz-James... 82 111 Tell's Speech 103 137 102 141 140 126 120 77 119 139 The Three Fishermen 144 The Widow of Nain 126 The Wind in a Frolic... 83 Tit for Tat 125 86 True Eloquence, The Nature of, 85 85 88 98 Well of St. Keyne 123 Wolsey and Cromwell 80 ... 122 71 SECTION III. RELIGION, PRACTICAL MORALITY, AND HUMAN PROGRESS. PAGE 201 181 PAOL 198 156 Hand to Take 199 Hours, The Worth of.. ....... 179 Hymn of the City 188 154 Speak Gently 197 188 208 157 205 The Departed Daughter 185 165 194 The Life of God in the Soul of The Village Parson............... PAGB A Bright Sunny Noon 229 231 254 Adam's Morning Hymn............ 226 A Moonlight Night 232 261 260 Autumn, Address to Flower Garden A Wild Night at Sea ............... 260 Beauty, The Spirit of............... 227 Creation, Hymn of ............ 214 Nature, The Social Principle in 217 of the Old Year 256 255 225 Ocean and Volcano in strife...... 259 Hymn before Sunrise in the Vale L'Allegro 220 251 248 Natural Beauty Enhanced by The Alps 244 222 The Beauties of Nature, On a Nature after a Summer Shower, 219 Taste for The Christian's Enjoy- The Sea 249 CHOICE READING, IN POETRY AND PROSE. SECTION I. HISTORICAL SELECTIONS. THE AGES. Look on this beautiful world, and read the truth The restless surge. Eternal Love doth keep Will, then, the Merciful One,--who stamped our race Infused by his own forming smile at first, Oh, no! a thousand cheerful omens give In God's magnificent works his will shall scan- в |