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THE LOST AND FOUND, 9

CHILDHOOD'S PIETY, 18

FRANK LUDLOW, 19

VICTORY, 35

SILENT PEOPLE, 37

LAURA BRIDGMAN, 53

HUMBLE FRIENDS, 55

BUTTERFLY IN A SCHOOL-ROOM, 61

A BRAVE BOY, 63

MAY MORNING, 66

THE HUGUENOT GRANDFATHER'S TALE, 67

THE OLD WATCH, 86

ENTERTAINING BOOKS, 88

THE NEW YEAR, 91

CYRUS, 93

ROME AND ITS RULERS, 97

THE PLOUGHING OF THE SWORD, 105

THE GOOD AND BAD EMPEROR, 108

BONAPARTE AT ST. HELENA, 120

POLYCARP, 124

CHRISTMAS HYMN, 127

THE FRIVOLOUS KING, 128

TO A PUPIL LEAVING SCHOOL, 131

PIOUS PRINCES, 132

EVILS OF WAR, 138

THE LIBERATED FLY, 143

THE GOOD BROTHER AND SISTER, 146

THE WAITING CHILD, 155

THE ADOPTED NIECE, 156

THE ORPHAN, 160

THE ONLY SON, 163

LIFE, 175

A REMARKABLE CHILD, 177

THE DYING SUNDAY SCHOOL BOY, 187

THE PRECOCIOUS INFANT, 189

THE LAST ROSE BUD, 195

THE CHERUB'S WELCOME, 197

THE BABE, AND THE FORGET-ME-NOT, 199

TREATMENT OF ANIMALS, 201

THE TREMBLING EYELID, 207

PEACEFUL DISPOSITIONS, 213

JOHN AND JAMES WILLIAMS, 220

THE INDIAN KING, 227

THE DOVES, 232

THE WAR-SPIRIT, 236

EARLY RECOLLECTIONS, 238

HUGUENOT FORT, 243