and, after traversing the mountains for some time, they at last came to a spot in which lay the ferocious beast, cold and stiff, with a raven picking out her eyes.

LESSON VII.

TABLE OF CONSONANT ELEMENTS.

h as in hate, heat, home, hope.
j as in jane, june, age, judge.
kas in kite, kind, cook, clock.
l as in let, love, call, hall.

Connect, (not cunnect,) concern, contend, content, compare, command, commit, compress, communicate, completion, commute, comprise, commend, correct, corrupt.

Temptation.

A POOR little chimney-sweeper had engaged at a house, to sweep a chimney which led from the roof to the apartment of a princess.

When he had descended to the fireplace, he found no one in the chamber, and he remained there for some time, looking at the many beautiful things which were in it.

That, however, which pleased him most, was a

watch garnished with diamonds, lying upon the toilettable. At first he must needs take it into his hands. Then came the wish, "O that I had such a watch!”

A moment after, he said to himself, "What if I should take it? But fie!" said he; "that would make me a thief.

"At the same time, no one will ever know it," said he, speaking to himself again. But at this very moment, a noise was heard in the next chamber. As quick as possible he replaced the watch, and saved himself by a retreat up the chimney.

Returning home, he could not divert his mind from the watch. Wherever he went, or wherever he was, it was constantly before his eyes. He endeavored to drive it away from his thoughts, but in vain. It seemed as though he was drawn towards it by a superior power.

He could not sleep; so he finally resolved that he would return and take it.

When he had gained the apartment, every thing was so still that he could not doubt that he was there alone. Timid and trembling, he approached the toilet, where, by the feeble light of the moon, he perceived the watch.

Already was his hand extended towards it, when he discovered still greater treasures diamond earrings and bracelets.

"Shall I—" said he to himself, trembling in every limb"Shall I

"But then shall I not be a detested wretch all the rest of my life? Shall I ever be able to sleep

quietly afterwards?

one in the face?

Shall I ever dare to look and

That is very true. Nevertheless I

shall become rich suddenly; I shall be able to ride in my coach, to have fine clothes, and something to live upon luxuriously every day.

Then if I should be discovered! they discover me? Nobody sees me.

But how can

"Nobody! Does not, then, God see me? He who is every where? Should I dare to address my prayers to him if I committed this theft? - Could I die in peace?"

At this thought an icy chillness came over him. "No," said he, replacing the diamonds, "rather let me have poverty with a good conscience, than riches with villany." And as he said this, he hastily returned by the way which he came.

The princess, whose sleeping-room was adjoining to this, had seen and heard all that had passed. She recognized the little boy by the light of the moon, and the next day she went to his house. "Hear me,

my little fellow," said she; "when you came to my apartment last night, why did you not take my watch and diamonds?"

The little boy fell at her feet, and so great was his fear, he could not utter a single word.

I heard the whole," said the princess: "thank God, my child, that he enabled you to resist the temptation; and endeavor henceforth to sustain yourself in the way of every virtue.

"From this moment you are to live with me.

will feed and clothe you. I will do still more. I will bring you up under my own care, and give you such an education that the remembrance of one bad action shall return to you no more."

The child wept bitterly. He wished to express his thanks, but he could not; he could only sob, and clasp his hands.

The princess kept her word. This little boy was well brought up; and his benefactress had the satisfaction and delight of seeing him, as he advanced in life, become a learned, good, and pious man.

LESSON VIII.

TABLE OF CONSONANT ELEMENTS.

m as in man, move, aim, came.
n as in net, not, can, ran.
p as in pen, pin, fop, top.

r as in roll, roam, room, round.

Advocate, (not advùcate,) desolate, immolate, commemorate, colony, harmony, melody, prosody, rhapsody, opposite, theorem, theorist.

Note to the Teacher. The letter r, in the above words, should be slightly trilled. It is formed by joining the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth near the fore-teeth

The Child in Search of her Father.

THEY Say I was but four years old.
When father went away;

Yet I have never seen his face
Since that sad parting day.

He went where brighter flowerets grow
Beneath Virginia skies:

Dear teacher, show me on your map
Where that far country lies.

I begged him, "Father, do not go !
For since my mother died,

I love no one so well as you;
And, clinging to his side,

The tears came gushing down my cheeks
Until my eyes were dim;

Some were in sorrow for the dead,
And some, in love for him.

He knelt and prayed of God above,
"My little daughter spare,

And till we both shall meet again,
O, keep her in thy care."

He does not come !-I watch for him.
At evening twilight gray,

Till every shadow wears his shape
Along the grassy way.

I muse, and listen all alone,

When stormy winds are high,