........... 208 216 AUTHOR. Forms of Humour ................ H. Reed .................. 34. The Deposition of Richard II. Shakespeare ............ The Coronation of Henry IV... Dr. Stoughton ......... 36. In School-days ...................... 7. G. Whittier ......... 37. Dunnet Head ..................... S. Smiles ................ Allred the Great, -A Sonnet... W. Wordsworth ...... 40. The Poplar Fie!d..... W. Cowper ............ .194 41. The Great Pyramid ............... Dr. S. Manning ...... 195 The Hermit Crab.................. G. H. Lewes ............ 201 Industry and Thrist................ S. Smiles ................ 206 The Maid of Neidpath. .......... Sir W. Scott ............ The Indian Girl's lament.. ...... 1. C. Bryant ......... Pyramus and Thisbe ... ... ... .. Shakespeare ............ The Old Tortoise ............... Gilbert IVhite............ 52. The Death of Slavery ............ W. C. Bryant ........... 54. Hymn of Pan........................ 55. A Sailor's Life ............ ..... R. H. Dana .... 56. On the Division of Labour ...... Adam Smith ............ 288 57. Sonnet on his own Blindness... Milton ................... 58. Invocation to Light ............ Milton Lament of Samson................ 60. Riccabocca in the Stocks ...... E. B. Lytton ............ 295 61. My Garden Acquaintance 7. R. Lowell ..........., 300 62. On the Rights of Colonists...... Edmund Burke ......... 63. The Happiness of Animals...... W. Cowper ............... 309 64. The Duke of Alva ............... 65. The Death of Lincoln............ 7. G. Whittier ......... 318 66. Sir Humphrey Gilbert............ 1. A. Froude ............ 280 291 ...... 305 311 319 329 The Editor begs to thank the Authors and Publishers for permission to use the following Extracts in this Volume : The Authoress of the Chronicles of the For an Extract from Sketches of Schönberg-Cotta Fumily .......... Christian Life in England in the Olden Time. Mrs. R. S. HAWKER ...... For an Extract from Poems by R.S. Hawker. Mr. DARWIN ...... For an Extract from The Voyage of the Beagle. Mr. F. LOCKER......... For an Extract from London Lyrics. Mr. MATTHEW ARNOLD ............ For The Forsaken Merman. Dean STANLEY....... For Extracts froin Lectures on the Eastern Church and Historical Memorials of Can terbury. Mr. SMILES ........ For Extracts from The Life of a Scotch Naturalist, SelfHelp, and The Life of Robert Dick. Messrs. Macmillan & Co. .......... For Extracts by Isaac Taylor and Charles Kinguley. Messrs. G. ROUTLEDGE & Cɔ. ........ For Extracts by Captain Mayne Reid, Longfellow, and Sir E. Bulwer Lytton. Messrs. LONGMANS .... ........... For Extracts by J. A. Froude and A. H. Ciough. Messrs. Chapman & HALL ......... For an Extract by Charles Dickens. Messrs. WARD & LOCK.............. For Extracts by Miss Mitford and W. M. Praed. Messrs. BLACKWOOD .............. For an Extract by G. H. Lewes, Messrs. Smith, Elder & Co. ........ Mrs. Gaskell. Messrs. A. & C. BLICK ...... Sir W. Scott. The COMMITTEE of the Religious Tract Society, for Extracts irom several of their publications, and especially for courteously placing a number of the Society's works at his disposal ior reference. 9, ERRATA. Page 24 .. for V. read VI. .. , carnivoras , carnivora 5 » 126 .. „ XXIV. y XXV. „ die. XLIV. , XLVI. THE SONG OF THE WESTERN MEN. A GOOD sword and a trusty hand ! A merry heart and true ! What Cornish lads can do. And have they fixed the when and where? And shall Trelawney 1 die ? Will know the reason why! Out spake their captain brave and bold, A merry wight was he: We'll set Trelawney free ! “We'll cross the Tamar, land to land, The Severn is no stay, And who shall bid us nay? “And when we come to London Wall, A pleasant sight to view Here's men as good as you ! “Trelawney, he's in keep and hold, Trelawney, he may die; R. S. Hawker. 11. A CORROBERY. A LARGE tribe of natives, called the White Cockatoo men, happened to pay the settlementi a visit while we were there. These men, as well as those of the tribe belonging to King George's Sound, being tempted by the offer of some tubs of rice and sugar, were persuaded to hold a "corrobery,” or great dancing-party. As soon as it grew dark, small fires were lighted, and the men commenced their toilet, which consisted in painting themselves white in spots and lines. As soon as all was ready, large fires were kept blazing, round which the women and children were collected as spectators; the Cockatoo and King George's men formed two distinct parties, and generally danced in answer to each other. The dancing consisted in their running either sideways or in Indian file into an open space, and stamping the ground with great force as they marched together. Their heavy footsteps were accompanied by a kind of grunt, by beating their clubs and spears together, and by various other |
