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80. Mungo Park

FICTION.

81. Adventures in California.

82. An Encounter with Pirates.

83. A Lion Hunt in Southern Africa.

84. The Indian's Revenge.

85. The History of a Pin. 86. The History of a Bible. 87. The History of a Cent. 88. The History of a Shoe. 89. The History of a Looking-glass. 90. The History of a Belle.

91. The History of a School-room. 92. The Story of an Old Soldier. 93. Robinson Crusoe.

91. A Hurricane in the Torrid Zone. 95. Visit to Mount St. Bernard. 96. The Victim of Intemperance. 97. Incidents of a Whaling Voyage. 98. Adventures in Australia. 99. The Prisoner of the Bastile. 100. The Smugglers.

101. The Alchemist.

102. The Flower-girl.

103. A Voyage to the Mediterrancan.

104. Visit to an Almshouse.

105. Encounter with Robbers.

106. Spring.

ESSAYS.

107. A Thunder-storm.

108. Flowers.

109. The Beauties of Nature.

110. Snow.

111. Mountains.

112. Forests.

113. A Lake Scene.

114. A Storm at Sea.

115. Our Country.

116. Thanksgiving Day.

117. The Study of History.

118. The Advantages of Education.

119. Peace.

120. War.

121. An Earthquake.

122. Chivalry.

123. Scene in an Auction-room.

124. The Ruins of Time.

125. The Fickleness of Fortune. 126. Disease.

127. The Cholera.

128. Prayer.

129. Death. 130. Life.

131. Youth.

132. Old Age. 133. Morning.

134. Evening. 135. Day. 136. Night.

137. Summer.

138. Autumn.

139. Winter.

140. The Mission of the Dew-drop. 141. Truth.

142. Honesty.

143. Earth's Battle-fields.

144. Gambling.

145. Echo.

146. Anger.

147. Self-government. 148. Ambition.

149. Contentment.

150. The Love of Fame.

151. Palestine and its Associations.

152. City Life.

153. The West Indies.

154. Melancholy.

155. Life in the Country.

156. Purity of Thought.

157. Patience.

158. The Life of the Merchant. 159. The Life of the Sailor.

160. The Life of the Soldier. 161. The Mariners' Compass. 162. The Spirit of Discovery. 163. Pride.

164. The Art of Printing.

165. The Third Commandment.

166. Mirrors.

167. Newspapers.

168. Jerusalem.

169. Novelty.

170. The Bible.

171. The Sun.

172. The Starry Heavens.

173. Astronomy.

174. The Rainbow.

175. The Moon.

176. The Aurora Borealis.

177. The Stars.

178. Comets.

179. The Earth.

180. The Study of Geography.

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£84. The Feudal System.

285. The Progress of Civilization.

286. The Dark Ages.

287. Monastic Institutions.

288. Generosity.

289. The Hermit.

290. Philanthropy.

291. The Good Part.

292. Patriotism.

293. Freedom.

294. The Fourth of July.

295. Honor.

296. A Republican Government.

297. Old things have passed away. 298. Hero-worship.

299. The True Hero. 300. Happiness.

301. Sources of a Nation's Wealth.

302. The English Noble. 303. Commerce.

304. The Art of Painting.

305. "Let there be Light."
306. Early Rising.
307. Candor.
308. Dissipation.

309. The Proselyting Spirit.
310. Envy.

311. The Evils of Anarchy.
312. College Life.
313. Cheerfulness.
314. Fashion.

315. The Uses of Biography.
316. Party-spirit.

317. Atheism.

318. Polytheism.

319. Physical Education.

320. The Opening of Japan.

321. Pastoral Poetry.

322. Election Day.

323. The Pleasures of the Antiquarian.

324. The Backwoodsman.

325. Punctuality.

326. The Great West.

327. Cruelty to Animals.

328. Curiosity.

329. Foppery.

330. Concentration of Mind.

331. Gardening.

332. Christmas Day.

333. Modern Delusions. 334. Young America.

335. The Multiplication of Books.

336. The Philosopher's Stone.

337. Poetesses of Ancient Greece. 338. The Insolence of Office.

339. Authorship.

340. Affectation.

341. The Standard of Taste.

342. The Mind.

343. The Stoic Philosophy.

344. The Drama.

345. The Bulwarks of Despotic Power. 346. Eden.

347. Nature and Art.

348. The True.

349. The Good.

350. The Ludicrous.

351. Epicurus and his Followers. 352. Reformation.

353. The Freedom of the Press. 354. The Present.

355. The Past.

356. The Future.

357. Rome under Augustus. 358. Criticism.

359. Silent Influence.

360. The Immortality of the Soul. 361. Martyrdom for Truth. 362. The Monuments of Antiquity. 363. The Power of Verse to Perpetuate. 364. Rome was not built in a Day. 365. The First Stroke is Half the Battle. 366. Make Hay while the Sun shines. 367. Order is Needful for Improvement. 368. Resist the Beginnings of Evil. 369. Necessity is the Mother of Invention.

370. A Soft Answer turneth away Wrath.

371. Familiarity begets Contempt. 372. Refinement, a National Benefit. 373. A Rolling Stone gathers no Moss. 374. Only a Fool turns aside to Deceit. 375. Avoid Extremes.

376. Cast not Pearls before Swine. 377. Study to mind your own Business 378. Hunger is the Best Sauce. 379. Fools make a Mock of Sin. 380. A Fault confessed is half redressed. 381. Necessity has no Law.

382. The Face is an Index of the Mind. 383. Science, the Handmaid of Religion. 384. Fortune favors the Brave. 385. Love thy Neighbor as thyself.

386. Many Men of Many Minds.
387. Opportunity makes the Thief.
388. What can't be cured must be en-
dured.

389. Grasp All, lose All.

390. New Brooms sweep Clean.

421. Contrivance proves Design.
422. The Necessity of Relaxation.
423. Example, Better than Precept.
424. Popular Clamor.

425. The Dress is not the Man.
426. Herculaneum and Pompeii.

391. Where there's a Will there's a 427. Contemplation.

Way.

392. The Race is not to the Swift.

393. The Burnt Child dreads the Fire.
394. Good Wine needs no Bush.
395. Time brings All Things to Light.
396. Look before you leap.

397. It never rains but it pours.
398. Out of Debt, out of Danger.

399. Whatever is, is right..

428. Nature, the Source of Poetic Inspiration.

429. The Conflict of Duties.

430. Infirmities of Men of Genius.
431. The Antediluvians.

432. The Ingratitude of Republics.
433. Domestic Life of the Ancient
Greeks.

434. Sir Walter Raleigh and his Age.

400. Political Parties at Athens in the 435. Political Economy.

Time of Demosthenes.

436. The Fate of Reformers.

401. The Literary Character of Julius 437. Idolatry.

Cæsar.

402. Influence of Shakspeare's Plays on Popular Estimation of Historical Characters.

438. Evidences of Revealed Religion.
439. The Pleasures of Imagination.
440. Comparison of Classical with Mod-
ern Literature.

403. The Nobility and Responsibility of 441. The Decline of the Roman Empire. the Teacher's Vocation. 442. Literary Empiricism.

404. Independence of Thought in Amer- 443. The Examples of Great Men. 444. Bacon and Aristotle.

ica. 405. Great Men, as Types and as Indi- 445. Speculation in Philosophy.

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448. Radicalism.

406. The Love of Money, the Root of 447. Progress versus Conservatism. All Evil. 407. By Others' Faults Wise Men cor- 449. Intellectual Excitements. rect their own.

450. Mesmerism.

408. The Perfection of Art is to conceal 451. Psychology.

Art.

452. Spiritualism.

409. A Bird in the Hand is Worth Two 453. The Force of Prejudice.

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465. The Satisfaction resulting from a Conscientious Discharge of Duty.

466. The Necessity for Conventional Laws and Forms in Society.

467. The Fatal Results arising from an Early Neglect of the Mental Powers.

468. The Folly of expecting too much from our Fellow-creatures.

469. The Duty of Patient Resignation to Misfortunes.

470. The Necessity of examining into our Secret Motives of Action.

471. The Advantages to be derived from an Acquaintance with Modern Languages.

472. The Difficulty of conquering Bad Habits.

473. The Happy Results arising from the Cultivation of Taste.

474. The Soothing Power of Music.

475. The Importance of early cultivating the Affections.

476. The Beneficial Effects of Constant Intercourse with our Fellow-creatures. 477. Charity, an Essential Part of True Religion.

478. Religious Enthusiasm, frequently made a Mask for the Basest Purposes. 479. The Danger of forming Hasty Judgments.

480. The Importance of an Early Observance of Religious Duties.
481. The Folly of devoting too much Time to Accomplishments.
482. The Feelings with which we should regard Death.
483. The Danger of indulging in a Habit of Exaggeration.

484. The Possession of a Lively Imagination, a Great Misfortune.

485. The Necessity of repressing Idle Curiosity in Youth.

486. The Wisdom of not giving Free Expression to all our Thoughts.

487. The Folly of blindly following the Judgment and Opinions of Others.

488. The Vanity of Human Grandeur.

489. Religion, as a Civilizing Agent.

490. The Danger of becoming too much addicted to the Pleasures of the World. 491. Our Duties to our Inferiors.

492. The Folly of striving to please every one.

493. Innovation, as regarded by the Young and by the Old.

494. The Prospects of a Young Professional Man in the United States.

495. Reading, a means of Intellectual Improvement.

496. The Use and Abuse of Worldly Advantages.

497. Life is short and Art is long.

498. No one lives for himself alone.

499. Independence must have Limits.

500. Man and Government, as found in the Savage, the Pastoral, the Agricultural,

and the Commercial, State.

501. How far the Right should be controlled by the Expedient.

502. Color, as an Element of Beauty.

503. Poetry, Painting, Architecture, and Sculpture, as Means of refining Taste. 504. The Good and Bad Effects of Emulation.

505. The Influence of Greek, Latin, French, and English, Literature, on Taste. 506. Ancient and Modern Notions of Liberty.

507. Personal Beauty, Rank, and Wealth, as Passports in Society.

508. The Study of Logic, as a Mental Discipline.

509. The Respective Effects of Agriculture and Manufactures on the Morals of the Community.

510. An Old and a New Country, as Fields of Enterprise,

511. Patronage, Emulation, and Personal Necessity, as Promotive of Literary

Exertion.

512. The Views taken of a Nation by itself and Others.

513. Ancient and Modern Views of Death.

514. The Comparative Influence of Individuals and Learned Societies in forming

the Literary Character of a Nation.

515. Proofs afforded by Astronomy of an intelligent Creator.

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