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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.

94

Romulus to the People of Rome

Hooke 96

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

Hooker 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

Couch 129

The Mahogany Tree

Miss Roberts 134

The Petrel

Wilson 137

The Ceylon Leech

Davy's Account of Ceylon 139

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The Rein-Deer

Swallows

Tiler's Natural History 141

White

White's Natural History of Selborne 143

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

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