are every way acceptable. In most literary compositions, likewise something will be found capable of administering delight. The sobriety of plain prose, and the gaiety of sprightly verse, have charms for him. Every production, from the gravity of history down to the artless simplicity of fable, catches his attention and engages his heart. From the enchanting softness of beauty in all her variegated forms, up to the tremendous terrors of the sublime, what a range of enjoyment! That man is an object of envy. He lives as in a superior region. He converses with an higher circle of objects. To this favoured votary of taste, especially if he be a virtuous character, the following lines may with propriety be addressed : "To please thine ear, soft notes the linnet pours, From each, or lofty, or mellifluous sound, Each fair or awful form that strikes the sight, In art's wide sphere, or nature's ample round, 'Tis thine to draw refin'd and rich delight!" Fawcett. Thus have I attempted by a few cursory remarks on Genius and Taste-to inform the understanding and improve the judgment of the Rising Generation. The mind should be taught early to discriminate---to view on every side the objects presented to it--to ascertain their bearings and tendencies--and thus to render every thing with which it comes in contact subservient to its advantage. In an age when there is so general a taste for reading, it is de p.xix-xxii Liberality of Sentiment......Lord Kaimes 103 Parable against Persecution..Dr. Franklin 104 Undutiful Child..........Dr. H. Smith 105 Eccentricities of Genius.....Southey The Elephant ib. ..Buffon.... 106 ... 107 The Rock of Gibraltar........Semple ..Dr. Lardner 108 109 Differences of Opinion .......Dr. Paley .......Cumberland 110 The New Testament ..........Dr. Paley The Methods of Improvement Watts ... 113. The Golden Mean .. Resentment .. The Beauties of Nature Personal Elegance 118 •Gilpin...... 117 Dr. Johnson Dr. Johnson Gilpin ... 120 •Dr. Paley .. 122 Dr. Percival 123 ..Usher ...... 125 The March of Life......Barbauld The Horse ... 126 ..Buffon ..... 127 The Stages of Human Life ....Dr. H. Smith 128 Taste.... Devotion... Bad Company Ancient Rome The Discharge of Duty. Raising the Hand to the Head Social Life.... Father and Son Sir William Jones's Epitaph Vanity Dr. Bently. Southey .. 130 .. ib. 132 ..Dr. Drake.. 145 Knowledge....Knight Garrality Ridicule Origin of Language............Blair The Golden Rule The Image of God Labour Covering of Animals..........Dr. Paley .. 157 Variety of Labour............Adam Smith 158 The Earth Page Morrice.... 149 ..Mrs. Chapone 150 151 .Atterbury 153 .......Adam Smith 155 ..Kaimes...... 160 .Ditto........ 162 The Two Gardeners.......... Anon... Vanity and Affectation........Mrs. Chapone 161 Regularity Friendship Reading The Kindness of Providence..St. Pierre.... 164 An Estimate of History........G. Walker.. 169 The History of England......J. Holland.. 170 Meditation on a Padding......Dr. Johnson 192 Delicacy of Conduct..........J. 8. ........ 190 1 Character of Dr. Robertson..Dr. Erskine 215 The Canterbury Tales........Dryden .. 217 Mumbo Jumbo... .Park 218 History .Dr.H.Hunter 228 Person & Manners of Cowper Hayley.. 229 The Origin of all things ......Dr.H Hunter 230 Frenchman and Englishman. St. Paul's Dome The Cultivation of the Mind..A. Mount Vernon Wonderful Effect of Music The Adventurous Dutchman ib. 131 233 234 235 236 The Rise of the Reformation.. Roscoe...... 237 The Soul... The Imitation of the Saviour..Dr.H.Hunter 245 London .. b ....Godwin...... 246 |