3. What reward? A large comprehensive soul, well purged from vulgar fears and perturbations, and prejudices; able to comprehend and interpret the works of man-of God; a rich, flourishing, cultivated mind, pregnant with inexhaustible stores of entertainment and reflection; a perpetual spring of fresh ideas, and the conscious dignity of superior intelligence. What reward can you ask beside?

4. "But is it not some reproach upon the economy of Providence, that such a one should have amassed wealth enough to buy a nátion ?" Not in the least. He, perhaps, abased himself for that very end. He has paid his health, his conscience, his liberty for it; and will you envy him his bárgain? Will you hang your head and blush in his presence, because he outshines you in equipage and shów?

5. Lift up your brow with a noble confidence, and say to yourself: "I have not these things, it is true; but it is because I have not sought, and I have not desired them. It is because I have something better. I have chosen my lot. I am content and satisfied."

QUESTIONS.-1. How may knowledge be obtained? 2. What are the rewards of knowledge? 3. What is often sacrificed to obtain wealth? 4. What is meant by "Greek and Roman springs." GENERAL QUESTIONS.-What inflection on price, first paragraph! What is the rising inflection? See Part I., page 25. rising inflection on retirement and springs, second par. Rule I. Why the rising reflection on reward, third par. 27, Rule II., Note I.

Why the See p. 26,

See p.

LESSON II.

2. FA CE' TIOUS LY,

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. SPE' CIES, sort; kind. merrily; with pleasantry. 3. HU' MOR Ous, adapted to excite laughter. 4. IN VAD' ED, attacked; assaulted. 5. RANG' ER, one that ranges; a rover. 6. BURGH' ER, an inhabitant of a burgh or borough. 7. E MERGE', to rise out of. 8. Gos' SIP ING, running about and tattling. 9. SO LIO' IT OUS, anxious; careful. 10. A TRO' CIOUS, extremely cruel. 11. WHIM' SI CAL, having odd fancies; full of whims.

Avoid saying srill for shrill, gethered for gathered, willage for vil lage, wisit for visit, ketching for catching.

PRAIRIE DOGS.

W. IRVING.

1. The prairie dog is of the cony kind, and but little larger than the rabbit. They burrow in the ground, and often live in communities, where, for several acres in extent, the little heaps of dirt may be seen marking the entrances to their under-ground dwellings. Between these entrances there are hard, beaten paths running from one to another in dif ferent directions, showing that they are both social and neighborly.

2. It is said there is a species of owl, which sometimes make their abode in the cells of the prairie dogs; especially when, for some cause, the dogs have left. Rattlesnakes, also, often get in among them. You know how difficult it is to keep all bad company out of any society-city, village, school, or family.

3. Washington Irving calls these communities of prairie dogs, little republics, and facetiously compares them with the republics of men. A visit to one of them, which he says covered a space of thirty acres, he describes in the following humorous manner:

4. "It was toward evening that I set out with a companion, to visit the village in question. Unluckily, it had been invaded in the course of the day by some of the rangers, who had shot two or three of its inhabitants, and thrown the whole sensitive community in confusion. As we approached, we could perceive numbers of the inhabitants seated at the entrances of their cells, while sentinels seemed to have been posted on the outskirts, to keep a look-out,

5. "At sight of us, the picket guards scampered in, and gave the alarm; whereupon every inhabitant gave a short yelp, or bark, and dived into his hole, his heels twinkling in the air as if he had thrown a somerset. We traversed the whole village; but not a whisker of an inhabitant was to be seen. We probed their cells as far as the ramrods of our rifles would reach, but could unearth neither dog, nor owl, nor rattlesnake.

6. "Moving quietly to a little distance, we lay down

upon the ground, and watched for a long time, silent and motionless. By and by, a cautious old burgher would slowly put forth the end of his nose, but instantly draw it in again. Another at a greater distance, would emerge entirely; but catching a glance of us, would throw a somerset, and plunge back again into his hole.

At length, some that resided on the opposite side of the village, taking courage from the continued stillness, would steal forth, and hurry off to a distant hole, the residence possibly of some family connection, or gossiping friend, about whose, safety they were solicitous, or with whom they wished to compare notes about the late occurrences.

8. "Others, still more bold, assembled in little knots, in the streets and public places, as if to discuss. the recent outrages offered to the commonwealth, and the atrocious murders of their fellow burghers. We rose from the ground and moved forward, to take a nearer view of these public proceedings, when, yelp! yelp! yelp!-there was a shrill alarm passed from mouth to mouth; the meetings suddenly dispersed ; feet twinkled in the air in every direction, and in an instant all had vanished into the earth.

9. "The dusk of the evening put an end to our observations, but the train of whimsical comparisons produced in my brain, still continued after my return to camp; and late in the night, as I lay awake after all the camp was asleep, and heard in the stillness of the hour, a faint clamor of shrill voices from the distant village, I could not help picturing to myself the inhabitants gathered together in noisy assemblage, and windy debate, to devise plans for the public safety, and to vindicate the invaded rights and insulted dignity of the republic."

QUESTIONS.-1. What is said of the prairie dog? 2. What sometimes intrude into their dens? 3. To what does Washington Irving compare these communities of prairie dogs? 4. Give a description of the one he visited. 5. After his return to the camp, what did he fancy they were doing? 6. Is this piece descriptive, didactic, or narrative?

LESSON III.

SPELL AND DEFINE.-1. MA TUR' ED, ripened. 2. RET RO SPECT IVE, looking back 3. AG' I TATES, disturbs, or excites. 4. RAL' LY ING, reüniting. 5. CON' FI DANT, a confidential friend. 6. DEF' I CIT, want; deficiency. 7. Sov' ER EIGN, supreme; chief. 8. TRAG' 10 AL, cruel; mournful. 9. EX PEND' I TURE, what is expended; expenses. 10. LAS' SI TUDE, dullness; heaviness. 11. HESITATE, to be in suspense. 12. AP PRO' PRI ATE, to assign to a particular use. 13 EX TRAV' A GANT, excessive; unreasonable. 14. SE DUO' TIVE, tending to lead astray. 15. COUN TER ACT', to act in opposition to. Avoid saying effuts for efforts, s'lec for select, wilest for vilest, walus for value, abit for habit, bankrups for bankrupts, &c.

A MOTHER'S ADVICE TO HER SON.

MADAM CAMPAN.

1. You are now, my dear Henry, removed from my fond care and instruction; and young as you are, you have entered upon the vast theater of the world. Some years hence, when time shall have matured your ideas, and enabled you to take a clear, retrospective view of your steps in life, you will be able to enter into my feelings, and to judge of the anxiety which at this moment agitates my heart.

2. When first a beloved child, releasing itself from its nurse's arms, ventures its little tottering steps on the soft carpet, or the smoothest grass-plot, the poor mother scarcely breathes; she imagines that these first efforts of nature are attended with every danger to the object most dear to her. Fond mother, calm your anxious fears! Your infant son can, at the worst, only receive a slight hurt, which, under your tender care, will speedily be healed.

3. Reserve your alarms, your heart-beatings, your prayers to Providence, for the moment when your son enters upon the scene of the world to select a character, which, if sustained with dignity, judgment, and feeling, will render him universally esteemed and approved; or to degrade himself by filling one of those low contemptible parts, fit only for the vilest actors in the drama of life.

4. Tremble at the moment when your child has to

choose between the rugged road of industry and integrity, leading straight to honor and happiness; and the smooth and flowery path which descends, through indolence and pleasure, to the gulf of vice and misery. It is then that the voice of a parent, or of some faithful friend, must direct the right course.

5. Surrounded as you doubtless are, by thoughtless and trifling companions, let your mother be the rallying point of your mind and heart; the confidant of all your plans.

6. Learn to know the value of money. This is a most essential point. The want of economy leads to the decay of powerful empires, as well as private families. Louis XVI. perished on the scaffold for a deficit of fifty millions. There would have been no debt, no assemblies of the people, no revolution, no loss of the sovereign authority, no tragical death, but for this fatal deficit. States are ruined through the mismanagement of millions, and private persons become bankrupts and end their lives in misery, through the mismanagement of crowns worth six livres.

7. It is very important, my dear son, that I lay down to you these first principles of right conduct, and impress upon your mind the necessity of adhering to them. Render me an account of the expenditure of your money, not viewing me in the light of a rigid preceptress, but as a friend who wishes to accustom you to the habit of accounting to yourself.

8. Let me impress upon you the importance of at tentive aprication to business; for that affords certain consolatio, and is a security against lassitude, and the vices which idleness creates.

9. Be cautious how you form connections; and hesitate not to break them off on the first proposition to adopt any course which your affectionate mother warns you to avoid, as fatal to your real happiness, and to the attainment of that respect and esteem which it should be your ambition to enjoy.

10. Never neglect to appropriate a certain portion of your time to useful reading; and do not imagine