Chapter X: The madness from above--The bow of Ulysses--The

slaughter--The conclusion 308

MRS. LEICESTER'S SCHOOL

Dedication 316 Elizabeth Villiers: The Sailor Uncle 319 Louisa Manners: The Farm House 328 Ann Withers: The Changeling 334 Elinor Forester: The Father's Wedding Day 350 Margaret Green: The Young Mahometan 354 Emily Barton: Visit to the Cousins 360 Maria Howe: The Witch Aunt 368 Charlotte Wilmot: The Merchant's Daughter 375 Susan Yates: First Going to Church 378 Arabella Hardy: The Sea Voyage 384

THE KING AND QUEEN OF HEARTS 389

POETRY FOR CHILDREN

Envy 404 The Reaper's Child 404 The Ride 405 The Butterfly 406 The Peach 407 Chusing a Name 408 Crumbs to the Birds 408 The Rook and the Sparrows 409 Discontent and Quarrelling 410 Repentance and Reconciliation 411 Neatness in Apparel 412 The New-born Infant 412 Motes in the Sun-beams 413 The Boy and the Snake 413 The First Tooth 415 To a River in which a Child was Drowned 416 The First of April 416 Cleanliness 417 The Lame Brother 418 Going into Breeches 419 Nursing 420 The Text 421 The End of May 422 Feigned Courage 424 The Broken Doll 425 The Duty of a Brother 426 Wasps in a Garden 427 What is Fancy? 428 Anger 429 Blindness 429 The Mimic Harlequin 430 Written in the First Leaf of a Child's Memorandum Book 430 Memory 431 The Reproof 432 The Two Bees 432 The Journey from School and to School 434 The Orange 435 The Young Letter-Writer 436 The Three Friends 437 On the Lord's Prayer 442 "Suffer little Children, and Forbid them not, to come unto Me" 443 The Magpye's Nest; or, A Lesson of Docility 445 The Boy and the Sky-lark 447 The Men and Women, and the Monkeys 449 Love, Death, and Reputation 449 The Sparrow and the Hen 450 Which is the Favourite? 451 The Beggar-Man 451 Choosing a Profession 452 Breakfast 453 Weeding 454 Parental Recollections 455 The Two Boys 455 The Offer 456 The Sister's Expostulation on the Brother's learning Latin 456 The Brother's Reply 457 Nurse Green 459 Good Temper 460 Moderation in Diet 460 Incorrect Speaking 462 Charity 462 My Birthday 463 The Beasts in the Tower 464 The Confidant 466 Thoughtless Cruelty 466 Eyes 467 Penny Pieces 468 The Rainbow 469 The Force of Habit 470 Clock Striking 470 Why not do it, Sir, To-day? 471 Home Delights 471 The Coffee Slips 472 The Dessert 473 To a Young Lady, on being too Fond of Music 474 Time Spent in Dress 475 The Fairy 476 Conquest of Prejudice 476 The Great-Grandfather 478 The Spartan Boy 479 Queen Oriana's Dream 480 On a Picture of the Finding of Moses by Pharaoh's Daughter 481 David 483 David in the Cave of Adullam 486

THREE POEMS NOT IN "POETRY FOR CHILDREN"

Summer Friends 488 A Birthday Thought 488 The Boy, the Mother, and the Butterfly 489

PRINCE DORUS 490

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NOTES 499 INDEX 523 INDEX OF FIRST LINES 529

FRONTISPIECE

CHARLES AND MARY LAMB

From the Painting by F.S. Cary, in 1834, now in the National Portrait Gallery.

TALES FROM SHAKESPEAR

(_Written 1805-1806. First Edition 1807. Text of Second Edition 1809_)