safety; and the scene that ensued when the unharmed infant was restored to the arms of its mother, was indescribably touching. 11. You may imagine their feelings, when in a short time they beheld a monstrous eagle flying over the mountain tops, and bearing a young chamois in his claws. After descending in circles, he darted down on the nest, and when he found it empty, he flew around it several times, then soared high up into the sky, and was seen no more. LESSON XXXIII. THE CROOKED FOOT-PATH. Pěn'çilled, marked with a fine | Try'ant, loitering; idle. line, as if with a pencil. Way'ward, willful; liking one's own way. Ga'bled, having gables. Sin'u ous, winding; crooked. Dē'vi oŭs, out of a straight line; varying from a straight course. AH, here it is! the sliding rail That marks the old remembered spot- 2. It left the road by school and church, And ended at the farm-house door. 3. No line or compass traced its plan; 4. The gabled porch, with woodbine green, Though many a rood might stretch between, 5. No rocks across the pathway lie— 6. Perhaps some lover trod the way With shaking knees and leaping heart- With sinuous sweep or sudden start. 7. Or one, perchance, with clouded brain 8. Nay, deem not thus-no earthborn will To walk unswerving were divine! 9. Truants from love, we dream of wrath- O. W. HOLMES. LESSON XXXIV. THE MARCH THROUGH TROPIC WOODS. Li'chens (or lich ens), flow-| Can'o py, a covering over a erless plants that hang to rocks Lithe, pliant, limber. In'ter twined', twisted together. throne or a bed; any covering over the head. Re versed', turned side for side, or end for end. OW wound we through the solid wood, H With all its broad boughs hung in green, And lichen-mosses trailed between! 2. And snakes, long, lithe and beautiful One, monster-sized, above me hung, Close eyed me with his bright pink eyes, And sank so low I touched his side, As I rode by, with my broad sword. 3. The trees shook hands high overhead, The narrow way; while leaves, and moss, Let not one sun-shaft shoot between. 4. Birds hung and swung, green-robed and red, 5. Wild lilies, tall as maidens are- And all the air with perfume filled, 6. How ran the monkeys through the leaves ! 7. How quick they cast us fruits of gold, 8. The long days through on blossomed trees That slid his beak along the bough, And walked and talked, and hung and swung, Or had a crown, or held a tongue. JOAQUIN MILLER. LESSON XXXV. SPEECH AT THE GETTYSBURG CEMETERY. Con çeived,' formed in the | De trǎet', to take away. mind; devised. Děd'i eāte, to set apart for a sacred purpose; to devote formally and solemnly. Prop'o si'tion, a declaration; a statement. De vō'tion, eager inclination; affection. OURSCORE and seven years ago our fathers brought forth upon this continent a new nation, conceived in liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal. Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any |