Such a one I have attempted to prepare, and I have sought aid from a variety of sources. I have gathered legends from one author and lays from another; I have collected fables and proverbs, aphorisms and allegories ; and never forgetting that my book should be useful, I have also tried never to permit it to become dull. He who undertakes to wile himself into the good graces of the young, should never allow his stories to be too long, or his homilies too frequent and prosing; and I hope I have taken due care that this little volume should not be a trangressor of this politic rule. After all, I offer the book to the public with much diffidence; I have ventured to step beyond the gentle and kind little audience who have so patiently listened to many of my stories ; and now that I appear before more critical and knowing readers, I may not find the same indulgence as heretofore. Let them, however, consider the design of this work, which is, to furnish some useful or amusing passage for each day, and if the idle or vacant moments that occur are used in perusing them, I trust that at the end of the year, the reader will not regret that the volume has fallen into his hands. P. PARLEY. CONTENTS. - The Recluse of the Lake, Honesty, Proverbs, Parental Affection, - - LESSONS. ib. 246 ib. ib. ib. 254 28 259 260 261 ib. 262 ib. 263 264 ib. 265 266 ib. Love of Country, Lights and Shades, 276 ib. 277 ib. 278 ib. ib. To a Child on his Birthday, ib, Frozen Dove, 323 | None are completely happy, 343 Peter the Great, Czar of Russia, 324 Garden of Eden, ib. 336 On the Loss of Professor Fisher, 344 Melrose Abbey, ib. The world dangerous to Vir- Vain Regret, ib. Inspiration of the Bible, 355 Peter, ib. 378 Geography of the Bible, 357 Matthew – Mark – Luke Hebrew Festivals, &c. 362 Acts, ib. ib. Analysis of the Books of the Corinthians I. JI. - 366 Timothy I. II.- Titus - Phil- Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, 368 | John I.II.-Jude Revela- Proverbs — Ecclesiastes, ib. Jewish Sects, 384 Isaiah- Jeremiah Lamen- Sadducees, tations, ib. ib. Heresies and Sects mentioned Nahum — Habakkuk - Zeph- Nicolatians and Antichrists, ih, Haggai Zechariah, ib. Figurative Language of the Title of the New Testament, 373 Bible, |
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