plan and scope of this, has long been felt. We have had a surfeit of reading matter either too dry and uninteresting, or too empty and declamatory, neither fitted to impart useful information nor a taste for a simple, pure, and elegant style of composition. READING LESSONS. 18. The Discovery of the Hudson River.. 19. Last Voyage of Henry Hudson... 22. The Discovery of the Mississippi River . 21. The Spanish Conquests in America.. 23. Prospects of Arts and Learning in America.. 24, Press On.................... 26. Mary Stewart and Her Mourner... 29. Work and Rest...... 30 Blight and Bloom... ..... 89 .Cooper, 95 .Bryant, 115 .Motherwell, 138 ..George H Miles, 168 |