Nor did I dream, either, of the groups of interesting school-boys and girls who were to greet me in the highway, and take hold of my heart at their school exhibitions.

Definitions. Philosopher, one devoted to studying out the reasons of things. Seer, one who foresees events. Sublime, awakening a feeling of awe or veneration. Luxury, anything delightful to the senses. Parallel, side by side and running in the same direction. Enchantment, an effect produced by the use of charms. Nettle, a prickly weed painful to the touch.

Use the words defined in written sentences of your own.

Select the hardest five words of the lesson, to spell.

Ask some one to tell you what Plato thought about the education of children.

Read, if accessible, "Essay on Manners." - Emerson.

To be memorized:

I thought the sparrow's note from heaven,
Singing at dawn on the alder bough;

I brought him home, in his nest, at even;
He sings the song, but it pleases not now,
For I did not bring home the river and sky;
He sang to my ear- they sang to my eye.

The delicate shells lay on the shore;
The bubbles of the latest wave
Fresh pearls to their enamel gave;
And the bellowing of the savage sea
Greeted their safe escape to me.

I wiped away the weeds and foam,

I fetched my sea-born treasures home;

But the poor, unsightly, noisome things

Had left their beauty on the shore,

With the sun, and the sand, and the wild uproar.

So nigh is grandeur to our dust,

So near is God to man,

When Duty whispers low, Thou must,

The youth replies, I can!

Emerson.

- Emerson.

HERO STORIES.

11. MORAL HEROINES.

PRUDENCE CRANDALL.

When women do heroic things, we call them heroines instead of heroes.

Prudence Crandall was a pretty young Quakeress in Connecticut about the time your grandfather lived. Quakers, you know, love peace

and will not fight. But they are not cowards. Miss Cran

all her other pupils if she kept the colored one. heroic little Quakeress replied that they might leave, if they wished, for she would not turn the dark girl out.

The

Then she determined that she would give up her school for white pupils and open one for colored girls. The town became furious. The people said the school should not be taught. They arrested the teacher, and the stores refused to allow either teacher or pupils to trade with them. Worse than this, the churches would not admit them. Miss Crandall's family was forbidden to visit her, and the water in her well was poisoned. Everything was done to break the spirit of the heroic young woman. But though tender hearted and gentle in spirit, she would not yield. When some of her friends

said harsh things of the people for their cruelty, she replied to them, "A soft answer turneth away wrath, but grievous words stir up anger," and kept right on her way.

No one cares now to remember the names of those who persecuted her, but .the name and deed of the heroic young teacher will never be forgotten.

LOUISA ALCOTT.

Louisa Alcott was a poor girl, whose parents lived in Concord near Emerson and Hawthorne. She was a noble girl and a noble woman. Her father was a scholar, and a man famous for his thinking and writing, but he was always poor.

When still a young girl Louisa had to work hard for money to help support the family. She was not ashamed of work of any kind. She engaged in housework for two dollars a week, wrote stories for newspapers, and took in sewing.

All this time she had for her friends the best people in the

whole country. She was cheerful, always in fine spirits, full of energy, and ambitious to become a famous writer. While in the midst of her hard work for her family and her struggle for fame, the war for the Union came. She put aside everything else and went to the war.

"What! Went to the war?" you say. Yes, if men were needed to fight, women were needed to take care of the sick and wounded. Louisa was one of the first to go. She wrote to a friend, "I am scraping lint, and making blue jackets for our boys. My blood is up. I must go to the front to nurse the poor, helpless soldiers

who are wounded and bleeding." In the hospital she was taken ill and nearly lost her life, but not until she had shown herself a most heroic woman.

Finally, her ambition to become an author was realized. Her books were read the country over. Men and women came to see the famous woman. But all the time her thought was for her father and mother and her sisters. She worked for them, and denied herself the pleasures she longed to enjoy. She lived and worked nobly for duty, and left a memory of which every American girl may be proud.

ELIZABETH FRY.

Elizabeth Fry was an English heroine. Unlike Louisa Alcott, she was beautiful and rich, and, when a girl, was very gay and full of fun, but like Louisa, she was a noble and heroic woman. Though always gentle and winning in manner, and possessing a soft, sweet voice and tender heart, she was strong and brave in good and great deeds.

There was in England, when she was young, a famous and dreadful prison, called Newgate. The lowest criminals were kept here, and their treatment was such that they grew worse while in prison. To go among them was like going

into a den of wild beasts. They fought, swore, and stole even from visitors at the prison.

Mrs. Fry visited the place, and felt the sad condition of the inmates so keenly that she determined to set about helping them. It was a hard task. The officers of the

prison did not believe that anything could be done, but Mrs. Fry would not be discouraged. She prepared plans for the government of the prison and succeeded in having them adopted. The condition of the prisoners became rapidly better, and Mrs. Fry now found the officers and the queen ready to do all they could to help her.

She visited other prisons in England, and also the prisons of France. She was invited to visit the kings of several European countries to talk with them about the right way to conduct prisons, and the utmost honor was shown her wherever she went. All this came because of her moral courage in befriending the poor and the unhappy.

When she stayed at hotels, she would ask permission to see the servants and talk with them, and no home was too desolate for her lovely and cheerful presence.

Although she was naturally timid and her health always feeble, her life was one of the most heroic and beautiful among the lives of women, and the whole world honors her.

Definitions. Arrested, seized for a violation of law. Lint, linen cloth scraped into a soft substance. Front, where the fighting is going on in war. Desolate, lonely, unhappy.

Which of the three heroines of this story do you like best? Why? Read stories of other heroines in a book entitled, "Girls who became Famous," by Sarah K. Bolton. Read, also, Miss Alcott's books, "Hospital Sketches," "Work," "Little Women."

To be memorized:

Whene'er a noble deed is wrought,
Whene'er is spoken a noble thought,
Our hearts in glad surprise,

To higher levels rise.

- Longfellow.

DRILL IN EMPHASIS.

Stand! the ground's your own, my braves!

Will ye give it up to slaves?

Will ye look for greener graves?

Hope ye mercy still?