LESSON 1 ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE 1
LESSON 2 THE NEEDLE 6
LESSON 3 DAWN 9
LESSON 4 DESCRIPTION OF A STORM 12
LESSON 5 AFTER THE THUNDERSTORM 15
LESSON 6 HOUSE CLEANING 17
LESSON 7 SCHEMES OF LIFE OFTEN ILLUSORY 22
LESSON 8 THE BRAVE OLD OAK 26
LESSON 9 THE ARTIST SURPRISED 28
LESSON 10 PICTURES OF MEMORY 33
LESSON 11 THE MORNING ORATORIO 36
LESSON 12 SHORT SELECTIONS IN POETRY 40
LESSON 13 DEATH OF LITTLE NELL 45
LESSON 14 VANITY OF LIFE 49
LESSON 15 A POLITICAL PAUSE 52
LESSON 16 MY EXPERIENCE IN ELOCUTION 55
LESSON 17 ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD 60
LESSON 18 TACT AND TALENT 67
LESSON 19 SPEECH BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION 70
LESSON 20 THE AMERICAN FLAG 74
LESSON 21 IRONICAL EULOGY ON DEBT 78
LESSON 22 THE THREE WARNINGS 82
LESSON 23 THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS 87
LESSON 24 SHORT SELECTIONS IN PROSE 90
LESSON 25 THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE 94
LESSON 26 THE TEACHER AND SICK SCHOLAR 98
LESSON 27 THE SNOW SHOWER 103
LESSON 28 CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE 107
LESSON 29 NAPOLEON AT REST 110
LESSON 30 WAR 113
LESSON 31 SPEECH OF WALPOLE IN REPROOF OF MR.PITT 116
LESSON 32 PITT'S REPLY TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE 119
LESSON 33 CHARACTER OF MR.PITT 122
LESSON 34 THE SOLDIER'S REST 125
LESSON 35 HENRY V.TO HIS TROOPS 128
LESSON 36 SPEECH OF PAUL ON MARS HILL 131
LESSON 37 GOD IS EVERYWHERE 133
LESSON 38 LAFAYETTE AND ROBERT RAIKES 136
LESSON 39 FALL OF CARDINAL WOLSEY 140
LESSON 40 THE PHILOSOPHER 145
LESSON 41 MARMION AND DOUGLAS 149
LESSON 42 THE PRESENT 153
LESSON 43 THE BAPTISM 156
LESSON 44 SPARROWS 161
LESSON 45 OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH 163
LESSON 46 GOD'S GOODNESS TO SUCH AS FEAR HIM 166
LESSON 47 CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS 170
LESSON 48 “HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP” 174
LESSON 49 DESCRIPTION OF A SIEGE 177
LESSON 50 MARCO BOZZARIS 182
LESSON 51 SONG OF THE GREEK BARD 186
LESSON 52 NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS 190
LESSON 53 LOCHIEL'S WARNING 193
LESSON 54 ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER 197
LESSON 55 THE FORTUNE TELLER 201
LESSON 56 RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS 205
LESSON 57 THE PURITAN FATHERS OF NEW ENGLAND 208
LESSON 58 LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS 212
LESSON 59 NECESSITY OF EDUCATION 215
LESSON 60 RIDING ON A SNOWPLOW 218
LESSON 61 THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS 221
LESSON 62 THE QUACK 226
LESSON 63 RIP VAN WINKLE 231
LESSON 64 BILL AND JOE 235
LESSON 65 SORROW FOR THE DEAD 239
LESSON 66 THE EAGLE 242
LESSON 67 POLITICAL TOLERATION 245
LESSON 68 WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE 248
LESSON 69 THE BRAVE AT HOME 250
LESSON 70 SOUTH CAROLINA 252
LESSON 71 MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA 255
LESSON 72 THE CHURCH SCENE FROM EVANGELINE 258
LESSON 73 SONG OF THE SHIRT 262
LESSON 74 DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND 266
LESSON 75 THANATOPSIS 271
LESSON 76 INDIAN JUGGLERS 275
LESSON 77 ANTONY OVER CAESAR'S DEAD BODY 279
LESSON 78 THE ENGLISH CHARACTER 284
LESSON 79 THE SONG OF THE POTTER 288
LESSON 80 A HOT DAY IN NEW YORK 291
LESSON 81 DISCONTENT.-AN ALLEGORY 295
LESSON 82 JUPITER AND TEN 300
LESSON 83 SCENE FROM“THE POOR GENTLEMAN” 303
LESSON 84 MY MOTHER'S PICTURE 309
LESSON 85 DEATH OF SAMSON 312
LESSON 86 AN EVENING ADVENTURE 316
LESSON 87 THE BAREFOOT BOY 319
LESSON 88 THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS 324
LESSON 89 THE FOLLY OF INTOXICATION 327
LESSON 90 STARVED ROCK 330
LESSON 91 PRINCE HENRY AND FALSTAFF 333
LESSON 92 STUDIES 338
LESSON 93 SURRENDER OF GRANADA 341
LESSON 94 HAMLET'S SOLILCQUY 346
LESSON 95 GINEVRA 349
LESSON 96 INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES 354
LESSON 97 ENOCH ARDEN AT THE WINDOW 357
LESSON 98 LOCHINVAR 361
LESSON 99 SPEECH ON THE TRIAL OF A MURDERER 364
LESSON 100 THE CLOSING YEAR 368
LESSON 101 A NEW CITY IN COLORADO 372
LESSON 102 IMPORTANCE OF THE UNION 376
LESSON 103 THE INFLUENCES OF THE SUN 379
LESSON 104 COLLOQUIAL POWERS OF FRANKLIN 382
LESSON 105 THE DREAM OF CLARENCE 385
LESSON 106 HOMEWARD BOUND 389
LESSON 107 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS 393
LESSON 108 DESTRUCTION OF THE CARNATIC 397
LESSON 109 THE RAVEN 400
LESSON 110 A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUM 408
LESSON 111 THE BRIDGE 411
LESSON 112 OBJECTS AND LIMITS OF SCIENCE 415
LESSON 113 THE DOWNFALL OF POLAND 418
LESSON 114 LABOR 421
LESSON 115 THE LAST DAYS OF HERCULANEUM 425
LESSON 116 HOW MEN REASON 430
LESSON 117 THUNDERSTORM ON THE ALPS 433
LESSON 118 ORIGIN OF PROPERTY 437
LESSON 119 BATTLE OF WATERLOO 442
LESSON 120 “WITH BRAINS,SIR” 445
LESSON 121 THE NEW ENGLAND PASTOR 447
LESSON 122 DEATH OF ABSALOM 450
LESSON 123 ABRAHAM DAVENPORT 454
LESSON 124 THE FALLS OF THE YOSEMITE 457
LESSON 125 A PSALM OF LIFE 461
LESSON 126 FRANKLIN'S ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA 464
LESSON 127 LINES TO A WATERFOWL 468
LESSON 128 GOLDSMITH AND ADDISON 471
LESSON 129 IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL 475
LESSON 130 CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON 478
LESSON 131 EULOGY ON WASHINGTON 482
LESSON 132 THE SOLITARY REAPER 485
LESSON 133 VALUE OF THE PRESENT 488
LESSON 134 HAPPINESS 492
LESSON 135 MARION 496
LESSON 136 A COMMON THOUGHT 500
LESSON 137 A DEFINITE AIM IN READING 502
LESSON 138 ODE TO MT.BLANC 507