for Mrs. Bardell had fainted in Mr. Pickwick's arms; and before he could gain time to deposit her on a chair, Master Bardell entered the room, ushering in Mr. Tupman, Mr. Winkle, and Mr. Snodgrass.

Mr. Pickwick was struck motionless and speechless. He stood with his lovely burden in his arms, gazing vacantly on the countenances of his friends, without the slightest attempt at recognition or explanation. They, in their turn, stared at him; and Master Bardell, in his turn, stared at everybody.

SO

The astonishment of the Pickwickians was absorbing, and the perplexity of Mr. Pickwick was so extreme, that they might have remained in exactly the same relative situations until the suspended animation of the lady was restored, had it not been for a most beautiful and touching expression of filial affection on the part of her youthful son. Clad in a tight suit of corduroy, spangled with brass buttons of a very considerable size, he at first stood at the door astounded and uncertain; but by degrees, the impression that his mother must have suffered some personal damage pervaded his partially developed mind, and, considering Mr. Pickwick the aggressor, he set up an appalling and semi-earthly kind of howling, and, butting forward with his head, commenced assailing that immortal gentleman about the back and legs with such blows and pinches as the strength of his arm and the violence of his excitement allowed.

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Take this little villain away," said the agonized Mr. Pickwick, "he's mad."

'What is the matter?" said the three tonguetied Pickwickians.

"I don't know," replied Mr. Pickwick, pettishly.

'Take away the boy” (here Mr. Winkle carried the interesting boy, screaming and struggling, to the farther end of the apartment). "Now help me to lead this woman down-stairs.”

“O, I'm better now," said Mrs. Bardell, faintly. "Let me lead you down-stairs," said the evergallant Mr. Tupman.

“Thank you, sir,—thank you," exclaimed Mrs. Bardell, hysterically. And down-stairs she was led accordingly, accompanied by her affectionate son.

"I cannot conceive," said Mr. Pickwick, when his friend returned,-"I cannot conceive what has been the matter with that woman. I had merely announced to her my intention of keeping a manservant, when she fell into the extraordinary paroxysm in which you found her. Very extraordinary thing!"

"Very," said his three friends.

"Placed me in such an extremely awkward situation," continued Mr. Pickwick.

"Very," was the reply of his followers, as they coughed slightly, and looked dubiously at each other.

This behavior was not lost upon Mr. Pickwick. He remarked their incredulity. They evidently suspected him.

"There is a man in the passage now," said Mr. Tupman.

"It is the man that I spoke to you about," said Mr. Pickwick. “I sent for him to the Borough this morning. Have the goodness to call him up, Mr. Snodgrass." CHARLES DICKENS.

Spell and pronounce:-filial, agitation, ado, lodger, conversant, relapsed, worshiped, peculiarly, appalling, amiable, corduroy, hysterically, admirable, expiration, gymnastics, and borough,

LESSON LX.

ЄŎpse, a wood of small growth.

seŎff, sneer; mock.
pî'oŭs, godly; religious.

fawn, mean flattery.

THE VILLAGE PREACHER.

Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled,
And still where many a' garden flower grows wild,
There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose,
The village preacher's modest mansion rose.

A man he was to all the country dear,
And passing rich with forty pounds a year;
Remote from towns he ran his godly race,

Nor e'er had changed, nor wished to change, his place;

Unskillful he to fawn, or seek for power,

By doctrines fashioned to the varying hour;
Far other aims his heart had learned to prize,
More bent to raise the wretched than to rise.
His house was known to all the vagrant train;
He chid their wand'rings, but relieved their pain.
The long remembered beggar was his guest,
Whose beard descending swept his aged breast;
The ruined spendthrift, now no longer proud,
Claimed kindred there, and had his claims allowed;
The broken soldier, kindly bade to stay,

Sat by his fire, and talked the night away,
Wept o'er his wounds, or, tales of sorrow done,
Shouldered his crutch, and showed how fields were
won!

Pleased with his guests, the good man learned to glow,

And quite forgot their vices in their woe;
Careless their merits or their faults to scan,
His pity gave, ere charity began.

Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride,
And even his failings leaned to virtue's side;
But, in his duty prompt at every call,

He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all:
And, as a bird each fond endearment tries
To tempt her new-fledged offspring to the skies,
He tried each art, reproved each dull delay,
Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.

Beside the bed where parting life was laid,
And sorrow, guilt, and pain, by turns dismayed,
The reverend champion stood. At his control,
Despair and anguish fled the struggling soul;
Comfort came down the trembling wretch to raise,
And his last faltering accents whispered praise,

At church, with meek and unaffected grace,
His looks adorned the venerable place;
Truth from his lips prevailed with double sway;
And fools who came to scoff, remained to pray.
The service past, around the pious man,

With ready zeal, each honest rustic ran;

Even children followed with endearing wile,
And plucked his gown, to share the good man's
smile:

His ready smile a parent's warmth expressed,
Their welfare pleased him, and their cares distressed;
To them his heart, his love, his griefs were given,
But all his serious thoughts had rest in heaven:
As some tall cliff, that lifts its awful form,
Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm;
Though round its breast the rolling clouds are
spread,

Eternal sunshine settles on its head.

GOLDSMITH.

remote,

Spell and pronounce :-champion, prompt, spendthrift, zeal, varying, relieved, warmth, charity, beggar, crutch, guests, ruined, accents, shouldered, and village.

Synonyms. ―chid — blamed; reproached; rebuked; censured; scolded; reprehended; reprimanded. dismay - terrify; fright; affright; frighten; appall; daunt; dishearten; dispirit; deject; depress. allure-attract; entice; tempt; decoy; seduce. piousgodly; devout; religious; holy; righteous.

elăm'or, outcries.

LESSON LXI.

eom mũni tỷ, society. com'pen să'tion, recompense; pay.

děn'i zenş, inhabitants.

vo eā'tion, calling; work.

děs'ti ny, doom.

e vinç'ing, showing; displaying.
ex pē'di en çy, propriety.
in diğ'ni tỷ, insult; dishonor.
lev'y ing, exacting.

e'qua nim'i ty, calm mind.

SCENES IN CANTON.

The recently arrived stranger naturally manifests surprise and incredulity on being told that the estimated population of Canton exceeds a million. When, however, he visits the close streets, with their dense population and busy wayfarers, huddled together in lanes from five to nine feet wide, where Europeans could scarcely inhale the breath of life, the greatness of the number no longer appears

incredible.

After the first feelings of novelty have passed away, disappointment, rather than admiration, occupies the mind. On leaving the open space before the factories, we behold an endless succession of narrow avenues, scarcely deserving the name of streets.

As the visitor pursues his course, narrow lanes