THE

SCHOOL LIBRARY.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF
THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS.

JUVENILE SERIES.

VOL. VI.

SELECTIONS

FROM

THE WRITINGS OF MRS. BARBAULD,

BY MRS. SARAH J. HALE.

BOSTON:

MARSH, CAPEN, LYON, AND WEBB.

THIS VOLUME IS SANCTIONED, BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AS ONE OF THE SERIES, ENTITLED, THE SCHOOL LIBRARY,' PUBLISHED BY MARSH, CAPEN, LYON, AND WEBB.

EDWARD EVERETT,

GEORGE HULL,

EMERSON DAVIS,

EDMUND DWIGHT,

GEORGE PUTNAM,

ROBERT RANTOUL, JR.,

THOMAS ROBBINS,

JARED SPARKS,

CHARLES HUDSON,

GEORGE N. BRIGGS.

BY THEIR RIGHT NAMES,

AND OTHER

STORIES, FABLES, AND MORAL PIECES,

IN PROSE AND VERSE,

SELECTED AND ARRANGED FROM THE

WRITINGS OF MRS. BARBAULD.

WITH

A SKETCH OF HER LIFE,

BY MRS. S. J. HALE,

AUTHOR OF SKETCHES OF AMERICAN CHARACTER,' 'LADIES'
WREATH,' ETC. ETC.

"Bright-eyed Fancy, hovering o'er,

Scatters, from her pictured urn,

Thoughts that breathe, and words that burn."

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