was particularly and deeply interested in some one great subject, it was clearly my duty, regardless of the censures of any clique or party or set of men, to let his views upon that subject appear. To have acted otherwise would have been alike cowardly and dishonest; and rather than be guilty of such treachery to any writer, I would that another edition of my work should never see the light. In conclusion, I would only remark that I can wish no greater favor shown to this work than has been extended to its predecessor. Errors in judgment and taste may doubtless be pointed out, and most happy shall I be, before the work is put into a permanent form, to receive, from any quarter, any suggestions that may correct them. But, as I have before said, I have honestly endeavored to do my authors justice; and, having made my book for no classes or sects, for no particular latitudes, and for no special market, but to promote the cause of sound learning and education in harmony with pure Christian morals, the best interests of humanity, and the cause of universal truth, I now commit it to the judgment of an intelligent public. CHARLES D. CLEVELAND. PAILADELPHIA, July 4, 1851, ALPHABETICAL LIST OF AUTHORS. Page 337 705 531 122 136 342 639 238 284 402 504 634 458 31 584 Alison, Archibald, Page 36 | Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 152 Mackenzie, Henry, 601 Mackintosh, James, 726 | Maclean, Lætitia Elizabeth, 124 Mant, Richard, 666 Milman, Henry Hart, 381 Mitchell, Thomas, 267 Montagu, Elizabeth, 167 | Montgomery, James, 449 Moore, Thomas, 410 More, Hannah, 63 Norton, Caroline Elizabeth, 489 Opie, Amelia, 25 Paley, William, 323 Pollok, Robert, 682 Rogers, Samuel, 272 Scott, Walter, 95 Seward, Anna, 367 Sharp, Granville, 207 Smith, Charlotte, 521 Smith, Horace, 159 Smith, Sydney, 443 Southey, Robert, 106 Tighe, Mary, 494 Tupper, Martin F., 226 Warren, Samuel, 217 Warton, Joseph, 192 | Whately, Richard, 356 | White, Henry Kirke, Wilberforce, William, 720 | Wilson, John, 713 | Wolfe, Charles, 134 Wordsworth, William, 415 606 295 657 626 54 200 572 250 80 112 84 507 473 429 89 693 689 17 673 71 317 619 144 549 CONTENTS. 57 17 | The World made with a Benevo- 19 Nature contemplated with refer- 63 69 Light, 32 74 Biographical Sketch, Biographical Sketch, On the Government of the Temper, 28 Ode to Wisdom, Biographical Sketch, 31 The World seen in its True Light, 34 | Byron's Lines on his Character, Shakspeare and his Times, 35 Sonnet in his Sickness, 74 Ode to Disappointment, Delicacy and Correctness of Taste, 39 True Philosophy, Biographical Sketch, The Anniversary, Sonnet, The Grave of Youth, Superstitions and Music of the Opening Stanzas of the Minstrel, 49 | Biographical Sketch, 53 On the Departure of the Nightin- 87 108 Love must be Fondly Cherished, 89 To-morrow, On Receiving a branch of Mezereon, 93 Goldsmith's Lines on him (note), 95 The Periodical Essayists, 138 Observations on Style, 100 Johnson at the Tea-table, 103 Biographical Sketch, 104 | The Burial of Sir John Moore, 145 107 The Worldling's and the Christ- A Winter's Sabbath Walk, 110 Blindness of Milton, Persecution of the Covenanters, 111 His efforts in the cause of Free- Letter of Dr. Benjamin Rush The « Crazy Kate” of Cowper The Duty of Pleading for the Op- 115 The Widow to her Hour-glass, 158 His various Works, 117 The Inscription on his Monument The Love of God and our Neigh- Traitorous Acts necessary to Guilt, 161 Stanton's sketch of Erskine (note), 161 The Duty of showing Mercy, 120 Principles of the Law of Libel, 162 The brightest ornaments of our 126 A Calm Night at Lake Geneva, 172 127 A Storm at the same Lake, 172 His Poetry, Paradise of Coquettes, 132 Destruction of Sennacherib, 174 The Changefulness of Woman, 133 The Coliseum by Moonlight, 175 112 114 157 |