alone, or in larger companies, the winged inhabitants. These, from little dusky flies-for such, only, the naked eye would have shown them-were raised to glorious, glit tering animals, stained with living purple, and adorned with the most delicate lace-work, that would have made all the labors of the loom contemptible in the comparison.

6. I could, at leisure, as they walked together, admire their elegant limbs, their velvet shoulders, and their silken wings; their backs reflecting all the colors of the rainbow; and their eyes, each formed of a thousand others, outglittering the little planes1 on a brilliant, and too large almost for admiration.

7. I could observe some singling out their favorites, wooing them with the music of their buzzing wings, leading them from walk to walk along the flowery meads, and pointing out to their taste the drop of liquid nectar, just bursting from some vein within the living trunk. Here the perfumed groves, and more than mystic shades of the poet's fancy were realized.

8. To the dwellers within this charming retreat life seemed to be one day of sunshine and joy. In the triumph of their little hearts they skipped after one another from stem to stem among the painted trees, or winged their short flight to the shadow of some broader leaf, to revel in the heights of all felicity. There were no exhibitions of angry strife to mar the harmony of the scene. The little world of beauty was a world of happiness and love.

a CAR-NA-TION, a kind of pink.

D DISK, the central part of the top of the flower.

c Cov ́-ERT, sheltered portion.

d PET-ALS, flower-leaves.

• Mi'-CRO-SCOPE, a magnifying instrument. PED'-ES-TALS, the stalks of the flowerleaves.

[This lesson is not a fanciful, but a true within a flower, by the aid of a microscope. in objects calculated to furnish innocent and If at the proper season of the year, let the pink, and point out the several parts of the

m

HUSK, the cup that incloses the flower:
the green calyx.

h AD-JUST-ED, adapted; arranged.
MA-GI"-CIAN, an enchanter.

! PÄR-TERRES', flower-beds.
KOUT-GLIT'-TER-ING, outshining.
PLANES, plane surfaces.

in FE-LI'-ci-TY, enjoyment; happiness.
description, of what may often be observed
Those who study nature are never wanting
rational enjoyment.

pupils take a carnation, or even a common flower mentioned in the lesson.

1. ROSES always roses are-
What with roses can compare?
Search the garden, search the bower,
Try the charms of every flower;
Try them by their beauteous bloom,
Try them by their sweet perfume.
2. Morning light-it loveth best
In the rose's lap to rest;
And the evening breezes tell
The secret of their choice as well.
Try them by whatever token,a
Still the same response is spoken;
Nature crowns the rose's stem
With her choicest diadem.c

II. THE WATER-LILY.

3. Mantledd in her silver vest,
Pillowed on the water's breast,
Bride-like, lieth she at rest:
4. Looking up, with timid eye,
At the cloud-ships sailing by
In the sapphire1-vaulted sky:

[Here are two sonnets (short poems) in praise of the Rose and the Water-lily. High commendation is naturally expressed in the language of hy-per'-bo-le, as in the second verse of the lesson. What is hyperbole? (See p. xi.) What figure of speech is embraced in the title of the lesson? Point out the examples of personification in the second and remaining verses.]

1. I HAD overworked my brain, and was taken severely ill. In vain had my physician recommended me to leave business for a while, and seek recreation and health in the country. I wanted health, but was unwilling to make the necessary sacrifice for it.

2. One day, while weary and feverish from the toil of

examining a long list of accounts, I fell into a troubled sleep. It seemed to me that I soon awoke, and left my office to seek relief in the open air. I wandered, I scarcely knew whither, until my attention was arrested,' in what seemed to be called "Providence Street," by the following notice over the door of a modest dwelling opposite: "Whoever wishes for any particular object, let him call here."

3. Hurrying across the street, and entering the door, I soon found myself in a large room, at the end of which, on an elevated platform, was a table; and seated behind it was a little old gentleman in black, who, I was told on inquiry, was Mr. Destiny himself.

4. The room was filled with persons who had come to make their wants known to him; and as each applicant for favors came forward, the old gentleman repeated to him the terms on which he did business. "My principle is, gentlemen," said he, "that whoever wishes any thing, must give up something of equal worth that he possesses. Every body nodded assent to the principle; but few seemed to realize its full meaning.

5. The first person who came forward was a lame man, who supported himself with difficulty on a crutch and a He wished to get rid of his lameness, and said he would give a great deal if he could walk as well as most people.

cane.

"Very well," said Destiny; "will you give up your eyesight?"

"Certainly not," said the lame man: "I will part with none of the senses to be rid of an infirmity. They belong to my soul: this is only my body."

6. Neither his eyesight nor his little property would he part with; and so Destiny advised him patiently to bear with the ills he was accustomed to, rather than take up with new ones.

"Yet I should like to walk'," said the lame man.

7. "Ay," said Destiny, "but you don't seem willing to

alter your condition in any way, except that of getting rid of something very disagreeable. If you wish to get a good thing, you must give up a good thing that you already possess. That's the principle of all trade', is it not'? Sorry, sir, I can be of no use to you."

8. "Thank you, sir. Well, I won't detain you. Goodmorning." And the lame man took up his crutch and his cane, and hobbled out of the room. He went away, thinking he might have had a greater affliction than lameness.

9. Next came a woman, eagerly pushing through the crowd, and with deep sobs begging for the life of her son, a youth of sixteen, who was dying of fever.

"It is a great thing you come for," said Mr. Destiny: "you must give a great thing for it. Will you give your own life'?"

10. "Ay, twenty times'!" said the mother, passionately. "You have not twenty lives to give. You have one. Will you give that'?".

"Yes, I will give my life," answered the mother, suddenly soberedd from her passion by the deep and calm manner in which the question was asked.

11. "Very well be it so. Go home, and your wish will be bought at that price."

I saw the mother rise, and go away with a face of such calm joy, that it seemed like the light of the moon suddenly poured over heaven and earth when the cloud passes from before it.

12. The third applicant was a poor gentleman; a man of talent, refinement, and education. "Sir," said he, "I have seven sons and one daughter, and have nothing wherewith to educate them."

13. "Just the opposite to the rich man who lately called on me, and who had no children," said Mr. Destiny. "What a pity you and he could not have made a bargain'! Well, sir! how can I serve you'?"

"I wish for money'," said he.

14. He was asked to give up his health; but he replied