LESSON XLII.

Spell and Define.

5. Vain'est, very proud of little things.

9. Im-per'ti-nent, rude, intrusive. 9. Dis-a-gree'a-ble, unpleasant.

12. Im-agʻine, to fancy.

20. Ad-mire', to regard with affection.

21. Con-firm'ed, strengthened.

22. Ad-vant'age, benefit.

32. De-feat'ed, prevented the success of. 34. Sym'pa-thy, fellow-feeling.

34. Ex-pres'sion, cast of countenance.

37. Sa-tir'i-cal, belonging to satire.

40. Du-plic'i-ty, double-dealing.

40. Cord-i-al'i-ty, sincerity.

40. Cen-so'ri-ous, addicted to censure.

ERRORS. -3. Wus for worse; 5. un'ly for only; 5. naw'thing for nŏth'ing, 7. spose for sup-pose';_12. ruth'er for rath'er; 13. gra deal for great deal; 42. out' wud for out'ward; 44. gin'er-ous for gen'er-ous.

DIALOGUE BETWEEN LUCY AND HER MOTHER.

JANE TAYLOR.

1. Lucy. What a good thing it is that people cannot see one's thoughts!

2. Mother. It would sometimes be inconvenient if they could.

3. Lucy. O, worse than inconvenient! To-day, for instance, I would not have had Mrs. and Miss G. know what I was thinking of, for all the world.

4. Mother. Indeed! Pray, may I know what it might be? 5. Lucy. O yes, mother, you may; it was no real harm. I was only thinking what an odd, fat, disagreeable kind of a looking woman Mrs. G. was, and what a tiresome way she had of telling long stories; and that Miss G. was the vainest girl I ever saw. I could see, all the time, she was thinking of nothing but her beauty, and her

6. Mother. Come, come,

quite enough.

7. Lucy. Well, motner, but only do suppose they could have known what I was thinking of.

8. Mother. Well, and what then do you suppose ?

9. Lucy. Why, in the first place, I dare say they would have thought me an impertinent, disagreeable little thing.

10. Mother. I dare say they would.

11. Lucy. So what a good thing it is that people cannot see one's thoughts! is it not?

12. Mother. I rather think it does not make so much dif ference as you imagine.

13. Lucy. Dear me, I think it must make a great deal of difference.

14. Mother. Did you not say, just now,

that Miss G. was a vain girl, and that she thought a great deal of her beauty?

15. Lucy. Yes, and so she does, I am certain. 16. Mother. Pray, my dear, who told you so? 17. Lucy. Nobody; I found it out myself,

18. Mother. But how did you find it out, Lucy?

19. Lucy. Why, mother, I could see it as plain as could be. 20. Mother. So, then, if you could have looked into her heart, and had seen her think to herself, "What a beauty I am! I hope they admire me!" &c., it would have made no alteration in your opinion of her?

21. Lucy. (Laughing.) No, mother; it would only have confirmed me in what I thought before.

22. Mother. Then what advantage was it to her that you could not see her thoughts?

23. Lucy. (Hesitating.) Not much to her, certainly, just then, at least; not to such a vain-looking girl as she is.

24. Mother. What do you suppose gives her that vain look? 25. Lucy. Being so pretty, I suppose.

26. Mother. No, think again; I have seen many faces as pretty as hers that did not look at all vain.

27. Lucy. True, so have 1; then it must be from her thinking so much about her beauty.

28. Mother. Right; if Miss G. has a vain expression in her countenance, or whoever has such an expression, this must be the cause. Now we are come to the conclusion I expected, and I have proved my point.

29. Lucy. What point, mother?

30. Mother. That you greatly overrate the advantage, or mistake the nature of it, of our thoughts being concealed from our fellow-creatures; since it appears that the thoughts, at least our habits of thought, so greatly influence the conduct, manners, and appearance, that our secret weaknesses are as effectually betrayed to all discerning eyes, as if our inmost feelings were actually visible.

31. Lucy. But surely there are some people so deep and artful, that nobody can possibly guess what passes in their minds. Not that I should wish to be such a one.

32. Mother. They may and do, indeed, often succeed in deceiving others in particular instances; but they cannot conceal their true characters; every one knows that they are deep and artful, and, therefore, their grand purpose is defeated; they are neither esteemed nor trusted.

33. Lucy. Well, but still, mother, to-day, for instance, do you really suppose that Mrs. and Miss G. had any idea of the opinion I formed of them?

34. Mother. Let us suppose that any other young girl of your own age had been present, and that, while you were making your ill-natured observations on those ladies, your companion had been listening with sympathy and kindness to the account Mrs. G. was giving of her troubles and complaints, and wishing she could relieve or assist her. Do you not imagine that, in this case, the tone of her voice, the expression of her countenance, would have been more gentle, and kind, and agreeable than yours? And do you not think that these ladies, if they had taken the trouble, could have discerned the difference ?

35. Lucy. I dare say they would have liked her best.

36. Mother. Doubtless; but suppose, instead of this being a single instance, as I would hope it is, suppose you were in the habit of making such impertinent observations, and of forming these uncharitable opinions of everybody that came in your way?

37. Lucy. Then I should get a sharp, satirical look, and everybody would dislike me.

38. Mother. Yes, as certainly as if you thought aloud. 39. Lucy. Only that would be rather worse.

40. Mother. In some respects, it would be rather better. There would, at least, be something honest in it, instead of that hateful and unsuccessful duplicity, which, while all uncharitableness is indulged within, renders the exterior all friendship and cordiality. And that is but a poor, mean, ungenerous kind of satisfaction at best, Lucy, which arises from the hope that others do not know how vain, how selfish, how censorious we are.

41. Lucy. Yes, I know that; but yet—

42. Mother. But yet, you mean to say, I suppose, that you cannot exactly think as I do about it; and the reason is, that you have not thought sufficiently upon the subject, nor observed enough of yourself and of others, to enter fully into my ideas. But when you are capable of making more accurate observations on what passes in your mind, you will find that our estimation of those around us, is not so much formed upon their outward actions, nor their common conversation, as upon those slight, involuntary turns of countenance or of expression, which escape them unawares, which betray their inmost thoughts, and lay their hearts open to our view; and by which, in fact, we decide upon their characters, and regulate the measure of our esteem.

43. Lucy. Then what is one to do, mother?

44. Mother. Nothing can be plainer; there is but one way for us, Lucy, if we desire the esteem of others. Let our thoughts be always fit to be seen; let them be such as to impart to our countenance, our manners, our conduct, that which is generous, candid, honest, and amiable.

QUESTIONS. 1. What did Lucy say of seeing one's thoughts? 30. How can we know the thoughts of others, if they do not tell them? 32. Can artful people conceal their true characters? 42. How do we commonly form our estimate of those around us? 44. What should be the character of our thoughts?

LESSON XLIII.

Spell and Define.

1. Foli-age, the leaves of trees, 2. De-vel'op-ed, unfolded.

3. Ax-il'læ, the cavities between the stems of the leaves and the branches. 4. Fra'grant, sweet of smell.

4. Foot'stalks, partial stems supporting
the leaves.

5. Cop'pice, a wood of small growth.
5. Scen'er-y, the appearance of a place.

5. Ex-qui'site-ly, nicely, accurately.

6. Per-fec'tion, highest excellence. 9. Plant-a'tion, a large farm. 10. Parch'ment, skins dressed for writ ing on.

10. Tu'bu-lar, having the form of a tube. 13. Ex-por-ta'tion, the act of carrying goods out of a country.

13. Dis-till'ing, extracting by distillation.

ERRORS.1. Nat'ral for nat'u-ral; 2. yal'ler for yellow; 2. nahr'er-er for nar'. row-er; 3. laylock for lilac; 4. billed for boiled; 4. ile for oil; 6. sheutes for shoots; 8. o-bleeg'ed for o-blig'ed; 9. voi'lence for vi'o-lence; 12. harves for harvest; 13. hun'derd for hun'dred.

THE CINNAMON TREE.

LANKESTER.

1. THE cinnamon tree is said to be indigenous only to the island of Ceylon," and even there, it is confined to a small district in the south-western part of the island. When in its natural state, it attains to the height of twenty or thirty feet, sending forth large spreading branches, clothed with thick foliage.

2. The leaf, when first developed, is partly of a bright red, and partly of a pale yellow; it soon, however, assumes a verdant hue, and when at its full growth, is, on the upper surface, of a dark olive color, and on the under side, of a lighter green; it somewhat resembles that of the bay-tree, but is longer and narrower.

3. The flowers bloom in January ; they grow on footstalks, rising from the axillæ of the leaves, and the extremities of the branches, clustering in bunches, which resemble in size and shape, those of the lilac, but they are white, with a brownish

NOTES. Cey-lon'; an island in the Indian ocean, about half as large as the State of Ohio, and containing 1,500,000 inhabitants. b Jan'u-a-ry; the first month in the year, so called in honor of the heathen deity, Janus, who was supposed by the Romans to rule the year.