thoughts into a narrower compass than prose-writers, the perufal of the poets is one of the most effectual means of storing the mind with moral knowledge, that is, with regard to the conduct of life, the most useful and important of all kinds of knowledge. Add to this, that what we learn in poetry, makes a much deeper impression upon the mind, and is likely to be much longer retained, than what we learn in profe. Addison is perhaps as sensible a writer as either Shakespeare or Pope ; yet how seldom do we hear the former quoted, and how fres quently the gwo latter! THE EDITORA ADVER, A D V E RT IS E M E N T TO THE SECOND EDITION. T HE Editor begs leave to observe, that, in compliance with the request of some of the most eminent masters of academies, as well as of some of the most accomplished governesses of ladies' boarding-schools in and about town, he has inserted a great number of pieces in this edition that are not to be found in the last; and, in order to express his gratitude to the public for the very favourable reception the book has hitherto meo with, he has contrived to do so without encreasing the price of the volume. At the same time he mult be permitted to remark, that, as the judgment of youth ought to be exercised as well as their memory he has selected some of these additional pieces fromx the critical works of our most admired poets, such as the Duke of Buckingham's Effay on Poetry, and Mr. Pope's Essay on Criticism; for to cultivate the memory (as is too frequently done) to the total neglect of the judgment and he other faculties of the mind, is, to say the least, a very ridiculous and absurd made of instruction. THE CONTENT s. Page I 4 IO 12 22 HE Young Lady and Looking Glass; a Fable 3 ៖ The Perfian, the Sun, and the Cloud; a Fable 7 The Mastiffs ; a Fable 8 The Turkey and Ant; a Fable. 9 The Father and Jupiter ; a Fable The Cur, the Horse, and the Shepherd's Dog; a Fable ni The Dog and the Fox; a Fable 'The Bear in a Boat; a Fable 15 The Man, the Cat, the Dog, and the Fly; a Fable 18 The Pack-horse and the Carrier; a Fable The Ape, the Parrot, and the Jack-daw; a Fable 'The Youth and the Philofopher; a Fable The Bee, the Ant, and the Sparrow; a Fable 32 The Bears and Bees; a Fable 35 The Camelion The Monkies; a Tale The Goldfinches; an Elegy 39 An Ode on the Heavenly Bodies 4! A Hymn on Gratitude 42 An Ode on Providence 43 Ode to Spring 44 The Employments of a Country Life 45 The Happiness of a Country Life 48 The Advantages of Walking 49 Panacea; or the Grand Restorative 50 Claudian's 24 3 www obo anno Page 51 ibid A Fairy Tale, in the ancient English Stile The Misery of a Town-Life, and the Happiness of a Country-Life ; exemplified in the Story of the Town- An Elegy written in a Country Church-yard 69 Ode on a distant Profpect of Eton College Ode on the Death of a favourite Cat, drowned in a Tub Character of a Fop and a Sloven Affectation of Delicacy ridiculed The Emptiness of Riches 189 90 The Ignorance of Man, with regard to the general Laws of the Universe, a Reason why he should be Happiness partly owing to our Ignorance of fu- ture Events, partly to our Hope of a future State The Unreasonableness of our Complaints against Pro- Order and Subordination prevail through all the Works of God, which form one entire Whole The different Offices of Reason and Self-Love 97 The whole Universe one System of Society Reason instructed by Instinct in the Invention of The Gifts of Fortune unequally distributed : Hap- piness does not consist in the Superabundance of thefe, but in Health, Peace, and Contentment 106 116 Virtue the fole Foundation of Happiness Characters are given according to the Rank of Men Examples of the Strength of the ruling Paffion in the The Parting of Hector and Andromache Ode for Music on St. Cecilia's Day Alexander's Feast; or the Power of Mufic; an Ode Description of a Batile, illustrated by a sublime Com- The first Onset of a Battle, illustrated by a noble The Answer ibid The Enthufiaft; or the Lover of Nature Elegy to a young Nobleman, leaving the University 145 Sheep-Shearing; Song on that Occafion ; Sheep- On Genius 151 The Pleafures arising from a cultivated Imagination 154 The Pain arising from virtuous Emotions, attended A Harvest-Scene, with the Story of Palemon and La- "72 143 158 |
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