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PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY Earth's Rotatory and Orbicular Mo- 

 tions and Zones Latitude, Longitude, and Ellipticity Divi- 

 sion into Land and Water Elevation of Surface Highlands 

 and Lowlands Islands Springs and Rivers The Ocean, 

 Tides, Currents, &c. Changes on the Earth's Surface Climate 

 or Temperature 96 



Questions on the Scientific Readings ^ 1 



Vocabulary of Scientific Terms 136 



POETRY. 

 Of the object and effect of Poetry 14 9 



CLASSICAL MODERN POETRY. 



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Happiness . . . Heber 151 Infancy . . Montgomery 174 

 What is Life . . . Clare 152 1 The Parting Spirit . Anon. 1/5 

 The Spirit's Prayer D. Moore 153 What is Prayer Montgomery 1/6 

 Sea-side Thoughts . Barton 155 Religious Heroism . Anon. 177 

 The Ship at Sea .Malcolm 155 The Exile . Rev. T. Dale 178 

 My Native Land . Anan. 157 The Woodman . . Anon. 180 

 My Birth-day . Malcolm 157 Forget Me Not . . E. F. 181 

 The Fate of Tyranny Mason 158 j My Native Spot Lord Dover 182 

 Heavenly Minstrel Edmtslon 161 j The Pen .... Crofy 183 



Love Southey 162 Disappointment. Kirke lylute 184 



Lessons of Wisdom . Pollok 162 } Farewell to Life 



The Seasons . . . Ryan 164 , From the German of Korner 1S5 



Hope at Death . . Campbell 165 | A Mother's Wish 



My long last Home E. S. L. 167 . Mrs. C. B. Wilson 1S6 



Childe Harold's Farewell to Pauper Orphans Mary Hovcett 187 



England .... Byron 168 Man Wattell 188 



The Polish Mother . Anon. 169 The Omnipresence of God 



The Dying Boy . . Anon. 170 jfngg 190 



The Universal Prayer The superior beauty of the 



R. Montgomery 172 Eye .... 'A. jr. L. 191 

 The Dove .... Moore 173 The Polish Children . Anon. 191 



DRAMATIC SCENES. 



The Trial of the Macedonian 



Princes . . . Young 193 

 Scene from the Iron Chest 



Caiman 203 



The Banishment of Catiline 



Crvly 209 



Cato's Senate . . Addison 214 



