Transcriber's Notes:

To retain the flavor of this schoolbook, the Transcriber has left all grammar errors in tact. Any exceptions are noted below.

Page vii: Opening bracket added to first sentence. [_The Poetical Extracts

Ditto marks " in the Table of Contents were replaced with the actual words of the title.

Page 131: Period added: generosity.

Page 139: Period added: she was immovable.

Page 150: Period added: 18.

Page 154: Period added: The same, subject, continued.

Page 165: Word "might" changed to "mighty" due to space in poem and poem's scheme.

Page 202: Word "curse" is presumed. "...curse resounds in the..." Original text was not legible.