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CONTENTS.
JOSEPH WARTON:
Paar | WILLIAM PALEY:
Paan
Biographical Sketch........................... 17 Humility.....
53
Longinus.........
17 The World made with & Benevolent
Ode to Liberty...
19 Design.............
63
Ode to Content...
20 Constant Blessings should excite con-
Poets not universally Poor
21
stant Gratitude
55
Pope as a Poet...........
23 Prayer .......
56
Character of Paul
ELIZABETH MONTAGU:
Biographical Sketch...
24 ELIZABETH CARTER:
A View of Life ..................................
26 Biographical Sketch........................... 57
Character of the Miser ..................
26 Her Domestic Habits (note)..
68
Shakspeare and his Times....
27 Religion and Superstition
59
Shakspeare's Tragic Power ...............
28 Ode to Wisdom.......
62
HUGH BLAIR:
MUNGO PARK:
Biographical Sketch.......................
29 Biographical Sketch...........
64
On the Cultivation of Taste................ 30 First sight of the Niger.
65
Delicacy and Correctness of Taste. 32 Kindness of the Female Sex............... 66
On Sublimity...............
33 The Moss in the Desert ................... 68
Proper Distribution of Time............... 34
Preparation for Old Age
35 HENRY KIRKE WHITE:
Biographical Sketch....
70
HESTER CHIAPONE:
Byron's Lines on his Character ........... 170
Biographical Sketch.............
35 Sonnet in his Sickness
The Principle of Benevolence
36 Sonnet to Consumption..................... 73
Ode to Solitude...............
37
Solitude..........
73
On the Government of the Temper..... 38 Ode to Disappointment....................... 74
To an Early Primrose
75
JAMES BEATTIE:
The Star of Bethlehem
Biographical Sketch..
40 The Christiad
76
Aneclote about his eldest Son (note)... 41 True Philosophy
77
Public and Private Education........... 42 Advice to the Young.
Benevolence
44
Opening Stanzas of the Minstrel....... 45 | ANNA SEWARD:
The Poet's Childhood...................... 45 Biographical Sketch..
78
Morning...
48 Sonnet.....
79
The Humble Wish....
48 Song .......
The Charms of Nature.
49 The Grave of Youth
80
The Hermit..............
49
CHARLOTTE SMITH:
WILLIAM PALEY:
Biographical Sketch......
50 Her Husband's Liberation......
81
His Plagiarisms (note)..
52 To the River Arun...
82
7
....................
........ 122
Page | THOMAS BROWN:
Paca
Sonnet-To the Moon .......................... 83 The Power of Habit .......................... 117
On the Departure of the Nightingale... 83 Benevolence ..........
.......................... 118
The Happiness of Childhood ...
83 Character of Howard ............... 119
Close of Spring....
84 The Goodness of God....
120
English Scenery.
84 His Poetry-Paradise of Coquettes...... 122
The Cricket
85 Soliloquy after the Ball
The Changefulness of Woman........... 123
MARY TIGHE:
Biographical Sketch.........
86 ANNE HUNTER:
Love must be Fondly Cherished.......... 86 Biographical Sketch.....
123
The Lily...
88 To-morrow......
124
On Receiving a Branch of Mezereon.... 88 The Lot of Thousands.
To my Daughter................................. 124
RICHARD CUMBERLAND:
Biographical Sketch................
90 VICESIMUS KNOX:
Goldsmith's Lines on him (note)......... 90 Biographical Sketch........................... 125
The Progress of Poetry....
91 A Winter Evening
126
Æschylus and Shakspeare compared ...
93 On the Periodical Essayists............ 126
Character of Johnson ......................
95 On the Happiness of Domestic Life...... 129
On Simplicity of Style........................ 130
JAMES GRAHAME:
Biographical Sketch............
96 CHARLES WOLFE:
Sabbath Morning
97 Biographical Sketch.......................... 131
A Summer Sabbath Walk.................. 98 The Burial of Sir John Moore............. 132
Persecution of the Covenanters........... 100 Song-To Mary............
133
The Poor Man's Funeral.........
101 Remember thy Creator ........
134
The Worldling's and the Christian's
GRANVILLE SHARP:
Yoke
135
.................. 101 Blindness of Milton...
136
Ilis Efforts in the Cause of Freedom.... 102
Letter of Dr. Benjamin Rush (note)..... 103 ROBERT BLOOMFIELD:
The Duty of Pleading for the Oppressed 104 Biographical Sketch..............
137
The Inscription on his Monument (note) 106 Milking
138
The Love of God and our Neighbor...... 106 Lambs at Play.
The Skylark....
139
HERBERT KNOWLES:
The Blind Child
140
108
The Distracted Female
141
Lines written in the Richmond Church- The Widow to her Hour-glass.............. 142
yard............
109
THOMAS ERSKINE:
JOHN WOLCOT:
Biographical Sketch..........
................ 113
Principles of the Law of Libel............ 144
To James Boswell.............
111 The Brightest Ornaments of our Race,
Johnson's Style......
111
Christians
146
May Day
112
To my Candle..............
112 JANE TAYLOR:
Ode to the Glow-worm...................... 113
Biographical Sketch
149
The Razor Seller........
............... 114
The Squire's Pew.............................. 150
The Pilgrims and the Peas ................. 114 The Philosopher's Scales ..................... 152
Life...........
163
JIOMAS BROWN:
On the Death of an Infant
154
115 The Present Moment only ours............ 155
............ 110
****........ 155
........... 157
161
... 202
...... 203
GEORGE GORDON BYRON:
Pear JONATHAN DYMOND:
Pigs
195
The Dying Gladiator...........
157 Lines on his Grave (note).....
......... 196
Military Schools (note)....
Love the Test of Christian Principle.... 196
Apostrophe to the Ocean .....................
158 Human, subordinate to Divine Law..... 197
Night at Corinth................
159 Duelling ......
................. 198
A Calm Night at Lake Geneva.............. 160 The Power of Non-Resistance ............... 199
A Storm at the same Lake........... 160 Slavery...
................ 199
Modern Greece ...............................
............ 162
HUMPHRY DAVY:
Destruction of Sennacherib............... 162 Biographical Sketch..
201
The East
163 The Pleasures and Advantages of
The Coliseum by Moonlight.............. 163 Fishing .........
The Shipwreck....
Life compared to a River..........
Lamentation over the Fall of Jeru- The Blessings of Religious Faith ......... 203
salem
105 The Tempest...................
............. 204
She walks in Beauty ................. 166
Mont Blanc........................................ 204
To the Memory of Henry Kirke White 166
WILLIAM HAZLITT:
ANNA LETITIA BARBAULD:
205
****......... 166
Literature of the Age of Elizabeth...... 206
On Education .........
168 Macbeth and Richard the Third.......... 210
Sins of Government, Sins of the Nation 171 Lady Macbeth............
211
What is War?...
173
Against Inconsistency in Expectations 174 ROBERT HALL:
The Mouse's Petition .........
........... 177
Biographical Sketch.....
212
To William Wilberforce......
............ 178
The Happy Prospects of the Righteous 214
Te are the Salt of the Earth...... ...... 179 True Friendship......
215
Homer and Milton
216
REGINALD HEBER:
Miseries of War..
217
Biographical Sketch.
180 The Bible.........
219
Nations responsible to God................ 181 Benefits of Retirement.
The Stream of Life............
............ 182
Dr. Priestley......
Palestine........
183
The Israelites delivered from Oppres- HENRY MACKENZIE:
183 Biographical Sketch..
220
The Rise of Salem .......
The Homespun Family.
221
The Lilies of the Field
185 The Mushroom Family
225
To his Wife ......
............. 185
Why stand Ye Idle ? ........................ 186 WALTER SCOTT:
The Death of his Brother ................... 187 Biographical Sketch.
228
Epiphany...................
187 His noble efforts to liquidate bis debts
(note).
ROBERT POLLOK:
The Last Minstrel
233
Description of Melrose Abbey............. 235
Happiness........
189 Love of Country--Scotland............ 235
A Mother's Love.-Happiness of Child- Time..........
236
bood............
190 Rebecca's Hymn
The Miser ...............
............ 190
Ellen-The Lady of the Lake............. 237
Friendship..
Paternal Affection.........
Communings with Nature......
An Hlour with Thee............
238
An Autumn Evening - A Maiden's Farewell to the Muse
Prayer.
193 The Necessity and Dignity of Labor..... 239
.......... 2:20
sion .......
............. 184
...... 230
............ 188
.......... 238
............ 191
.. 192
239
WALTER SCOTT:
PAGE
Education of the Heart........................ 240
A True Man........
240
A True Woman....
241
Fortitude and Perseverance ............... 241
Sir Walter Raleigh's First Interview
with Queen Elizabeth................. 241
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE:
PA9
Letter of John Wesley (note)............... 287
The Abolition of the Slave Trade.......... 288
Nominal Christians.....
290
Little Religion no Comfort....
The Supports of Religion................... 290
From his Journal........................... 291
SAMUEL TAYLOR COLERIDGE:
Biographical Sketch............... 292
Hymn in the Vale of Chamouni. 295
To my Infant......
296
Domestic Peace....
297
Qualities essential to the Teacher....... 297
To an Infant..................................... 298
Youth and Age.............................. 299
Reflections on leaving a place of Retire-
ment ...........
299
Importance of a Correct Use of Terms... 300
Qualities necessary for a Good Style..... 301
The Depth of the Conscience............... 302
Truth must and will Prevail................ 302
Character of Alfred.......................... 304
Milton......................................... 304
Party Passion................................. 305
Effects of Novel Reading...
..................... 305
.......... 263
..... 306
JAMES MACKINTOSH:
EDWARD IRVING:
Death of his Wife..........
265 Character of David.............................
307
Johnson's Lives of the Poets............... 266
Grotius..................
267 CHARLES LAMB:
Wilberforce .....
268 Biographical Sketch........................ 311
The Progressiveness of the Race......... 269 The Housekeeper.......
312
The Blessings of a Free Press............ 270 On the Family Name....
The Sabbath Bells..
313
HANNAH MORE:
Shakspeare cannot be Acted.
Biographical Sketch.......
271 A Quakers' Meeting....
314
War..............
............................ 273 The Two Races of Men....
318
Oppression...................................... 273
Filial Affection................................
320
Wisdom....
274 Faith in Humble Life............ ........... 274 JAMES HOGG: The Two Weavers
275 Biographical Sketch.....
Importance of Trifles.....
276 To Walter Scott......
321
The Proper Education of Females....... 277 Kilmeny's Return from Fairy Land..... 322
Qualities preferable to Genius............ 278 Queen Mary's Return to Scotland........ 324
Effects of Light Reading.................. 279 The Sky-Lark......
325
The Hand of God in History ............... 280
To the Comet of 1811.......................... 325
The End of Female Education............ 282
God rules the Nations...................... 283 FELICIA HEMANS:
326
Hebrew Mother........
328
286 The Graves of a Household..
330
..... 321
**............. 346
***... 386
.... 392
SIR EGERTON BRYDGES:
JOHN IRELAND:
Biographical Sketch........................... 345
383
His Habits (note)............
Sufferings of the Early Christians....... 384
The best Poets most Studious (note).... 347
THOMAS ARNOLD:
Sir Walter Raleigh..
............. 348
John Milton.................
350
Extract from his Journal.. .............. 389
Doctor Johnson............................ 352
The Oxford Conspirators.................... 389
Posthumous Fame............................. 354
The Encouragements of the School-
Sonnets-Echo and Silence................. 355
master ............
391
To Autumn.......................... 355
The Preacher and Schoolmaster Com-
ARCHIBALD ALISON :
pared (note)................
Biographical Sketch........
356 The World our Country..
The Pleasure of Acquiring Knowledge.. 356 Need of Increased Faith..
392
The Use and Abuse of Amusements..... 358 True Preaching of the Gospel..
Intercourse with the Poor.................. 393
LÆTITIA ELIZABETH MACLEAN:
Toryism.
393
Biographical Sketch.......................... 360 Popish and Oxford Views................... 394
Euccess alone Seen.........
362 Nature of Conservatism
395
The Little Shroud..
362 Liveliness essential for a Schoolinaster. 396
The Widow's Mite..
363 Old English Divines-Bungan, Milton. 396
Erato..............
364 Railway Travelling on Sunday...
............. 397
Time arresting the Career of Pleasure.. 365
The Wrongs of Love......................... 365 ALLAN CUNNINGHAM:
Love's last Words............................. 366 Biographical Sketch........................... 398
The Poet.......
........................................ 366 Influence of Scotland and her Songs.... 399
Her last Letter................................. 367 Burns as a Lyric Poet....................... 400
The Town and Country Child.......... 401
THOMAS HAYNES BAYLY:
The Poet's Bridal Song ..
402
Biographical Sketch....................... 367 A Wet Sheet and a Flowing Sea.......... 403
Verses to his Wife...........
................ 368
The Mariner...........
404
The First Gray Hair........................... 369
I never was a Favourite................... 370 ROBERT SOUTHEY:
My Married Daughter could you see.... 371
Why don't the Men Propose ?............. 372
Poetical Letter........
405
His Contributions to the Quarterly
JAMES SMITH:
(note)..
400
373 Coleridge's Opinion of Southey (note)... 407