PART SECOND.

1. [TRUE HEROISM], Adapted. Osborne

2. [YOU AND I], Charles Mackay

3. [LIFE'S WORK]

4. [THE YOUNG CAPTIVES]

5. [MY MOTHER'S LAST KISS], Mrs. E. Oakes Smith

6. [THE DEAD CHILD'S FORD], Mrs. E. Oakes Smith

7. [LAME AND LAZY—A Fable]

8. [FAITHFULNESS IN LITTLE THINGS], Adapted, Eliza A. Chase

9. [THE AMERICAN BOY]

10. [THE SAILOR BOY'S SONG]

11. [CHASE OF THE PET FAWN], Adapted. Miss Cooper

12. [KINDNESS]

13. [CARELESS WORDS]

14. [WEBSTER AND THE WOODCHUCK], Adapted. Boston Traveler

15. [DO IT YOURSELF]

16. [BETTER LATE THAN NEVER]

17. [THE ADOPTED CHILD], Mrs. Hemans

18. [THE OLD EAGLE TREE], Rev. John Todd

19. [THE LIGHT OF KNOWLEDGE], Elihu Burritt

20. [NIGHT'S LESSONS], L.H. Sigourney

21. [NATURE'S TEACHINGS], Chambers' Journal

22. [SOWING AND HARVESTING], Anon.

23. [A THRILLING INCIDENT], Adapted. Anon.

24. [THE TRUTHFUL KING]

25. [WHEN SHALL I ANSWER, NO], J.N. McElligott

26. [TO MASTER ROBERT AND JOHN], Davis

27. [WHANG, THE MILLER], Goldsmith

28. [CHIMNEY-SWALLOWS], Henry Ward Beecher

29. [THE DOUBTING HEART], Adelaide Procter

30. [THE COMING OF WINTER], T.B. Read

31. [CHILD TIRED OF PLAY], N.P. Willis

32. [THE RESCUE], By a Sea Captain

33. [ROBERT BRUCE AND THE SCOTCH WOMAN]

34. [ROBERT BRUCE AND THE SPIDER], Bernard Barton

35. [WEALTH AND FASHION]

36. [MY FIRST JACK-KNIFE]

37. [THE PINE-TREE SHILLINGS], Nathaniel Hawthorne

38. [HIAWATHA'S HUNTING], Longfellow

39. [DESPERATE ENCOUNTER WITH A PANTHER], Bk. of Adventures

40. [THE POWER OF HABIT], John B. Gough

41. [THE DRUNKARD'S DAUGHTER]

42. [THE TWO YOUNG TRAVELERS], Adapted. Merry's Museum

43. [HIGHER!]

44. [LABOR], Caroline F. Orne

45. [THE AMBITIOUS APPRENTICE]

46. [SO WAS FRANKLIN], Anon.

47. [NOW AND THEN], Jane Taylor

48. [AN INGENIOUS STRATAGEM], Days of Washington

49. [FRANCES SLOCUM, THE YOUNG CAPTIVE], B.J. Lossing

50. [THE RAIN-DROPS], Delia Louise Colton

51. [SMALL THINGS], F. Bennoch

52. [MURDERER'S CREEK], James K. Paulding

53. [NAPOLEON'S ARMY CROSSING THE ALPS], Adapted. Anon.

54. [WHERE THERE'S A WILL THERE'S A WAY], Eliza Cook

55. ["I CAN"]

56. [NOW, TO-DAY], Adelaide A. Procter

57. [CAPTURE OF MAJOR ANDRE]

58. [BENEDICT ARNOLD]

59. [BEHIND TIME], Freeman Hunt

60. [HOW HAPPY I'LL BE]

61. [THE SWORD OF BUNKER HILL], William R. Wallace

62. [BIBLE LEGEND OF THE WISSAHIKON], Lippard

63. [ADVICE TO THE YOUNG], E.H. Chapin

64. [THE INTREPID YOUTH]

65. [THE FOUR MISFORTUNES], John G. Saxe

66. [MRS. CREDULOUS AND THE FORTUNE-TELLER]

67. [FAITH, HOPE, AND CHARITY]—An Allegory

68. [NOT TO MYSELF ALONE], S.W. Partridge

69. [THE WORLD WOULD BE THE BETTER FOR IT], W.H. Cobb

70. [SELECT PROVERBS OF SOLOMON], Bible

71. [WINTER BEAUTY], Henry Ward Beecher

72. [FROSTED TREES]

73. [THE MOUNTAINS OF LIFE], James G. Clark

74. [IMAGINARY EVILS], Chas. Swain

75. [SIR WALTER AND THE LION], A. Walchner

76. [CHOICE EXTRACTS]

I. WHAT REALLY BENEFITS US.
II. GOD'S LOVE.
III. LIFE-WORK.
IV. HUMILITY.
V. BENEFITS OF ADVERSITY.
VI. OUR MOUNTAIN HOMES.
VII. MAKE A BEGINNING.
VIII. INFLUENCE.
IX. PLEASURE IN ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE.
X. WHAT IS FAME?
XI. CULTIVATED INTELLECT.
XII. GOD'S WORKS ATTEST HIS GREATNESS.

77. [CAPTURE OF THE WHALE]

78. [LEAVES FROM AN AERONAUT], Willis Gaylord Clark

79. [THE DAPPLE MARE], John G. Saxe

80. [A LEAP FOR LIFE], George P. Morris

81. [THE INDIAN BRIDE'S REVENGE], Adapted. L.M. Stowell

82. [A MOTHER'S LOVE], Albert Barnes

83. [THE LIFE-BOOK], Home Journal

84. [ODE ON SOLITUDE], Pope

85. [GETTING THE RIGHT START], J.G. Holland

86. [THE PRESUMPTION OF YOUTH], Rollin

87. [SONG OF THE AMERICAN EAGLE]

89. [LAST CRUISE OF THE MONITOR], Adapted. Grenville M. Weeks

90. [DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF WOMEN], Gail Hamilton

91. [SCENE FROM WILLIAM TELL], J. Sheridan Knowles

92. [THE RICH MAN AND THE POOR MAN], Khemnitzer

93. [GRANDEUR OF THE OCEAN], Walter Colton

94. [A BURIAL AT SEA], Walter Colton

95. [THE TREASURES OF THE DEEP], Mrs. Hemans

96. [THE BRIDGE OF SIGHS], Thomas Hood

97. [A REQUIEM]

98. [VISIT TO MOUNT VERNON], A.C. Ritchie

99. [LA FAYETTE], Charles Sprague

100. [THE MYSTIC WEAVER], Rev. Dr. Harbaugh

101. [WORK AWAY], Harpers' Magazine

102. [QUEEN ISABELLA'S RESOLVE], Vinet

103. [DISCOVERY OF THE NEW WORLD], Lamartine

104. [THE RETURN OF COLUMBUS], Vinet

105. [TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO], Grenville Mellen

106. [PRESS ON], Park Benjamin

107. [THE THREE FORMS OF NATURE], From the French of Michelet

108. [THE WHALE AND THE WHALER], From the French of Michelet

109. [RIENZI'S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS], Miss Mitford

110. [SONG OF THE FORGE]

111. [CHOICE EXTRACTS]

I. SWIFTNESS OF TIME.
II. THE SHIP OF STATE.
III. THE TRUE HERO.
IV. HEART ESSENTIAL TO GENIUS.
V. EDUCATION.
VI. VANITY OF WEALTH.
VII. CONSOLATION OF THE GOSPEL.
VIII. THE LIGHT OF HOPE.
IX. PAMPERING THE BODY AND STARVING THE SOUL.

112. [WE ALL DO FADE AS A LEAF], Gail Hamilton

113. [TEACHINGS OF NATURE], Pollok

114. [PASSING UNDER THE ROD], Mary S.B. Dana

115. [THE PETULANT MAN], Osborne

116. [THE BRAHMIN AND THE ROGUES], Versified by J.N. McElligott

117. [LIVING WITHIN OUR MEANS], S.W. Partridge

118. [GRANDEUR OF THE UNIVERSE], O.M. Mitchel

119. ["WHOM HAVE I IN HEAVEN BUT THEE?"], Pamelia S. Vining

120. [THE MEMORY OF WASHINGTON], Kossuth

121. [THE LOST ONE'S LAMENT]