TABLE OF CONTENTS. LESSONS IN PROSE. The names of American writers are in small capitals. 10. Character of a wise and amiable Woman 12. Scenery at the Notch of the White Mountains 43. Confessions of a bashful Man 44. Intemperate Love of Praise 47. Description of the Custom of Whitewashing 48. On considering both Sides of a Question 51. Influence of Christianity in elevating the 52. Letter on Watering-places.. 55. Character and Decay of the North American 59. Portrait of a worldly-minded Woman.. 60. Portrait of a selfish Woman 31. Advantages of a Taste for the Beauties of Nature 36. Peevishness ........ .. .... ..... 70. Influence of the Female Character 72. On the relative Value of Good Sense and Beauty in the 78. A Solid and a Superficial Education contrasted Ruhnken. 180 81. Advantages of a well-cultivated Mind 85. Candor, in estimating the Attainments of others. FREEMAN. 198 92. The Coming of the Pilgrims 98. Effects of the Institutions and Example of the first 100. Conclusion of a Discourse, in Commemoration of the 120. Primitive Tea-Parties in New York .. .. 138. The same, concluded 139. Hopes and Fears of Parents 143. The God of Universal Nature. 146. Dignity and Excellence of the Poetical Art 153. The moral Principles of the Bible of universal Applica- ........ 56. Melancholy Fate of the Indians 57. Concluding Lines of the "Fall of the 58. Death-Song of Outalissi..... 61. Fancy and Philosophy contrasted 74. Napoleon at Rest 75. The Warrior .... ..... ... Miss Jewsbury. 115 Cowper. 116 Campbell. 136 157. The Sunday School .... 152. Liberty to Athens 154. The Dead Mother: a Dialogue 155. Burial of the Young 156. On the Loss of Professor Fisher in the Albion 166. Raphael's Account of the Creation 167. Elegy written in a Country Church-Yard 171. Order of Nature. ..... ..... ... |