and most efficient which is at the san est, on that should be our principal rel

4. We have heard much of the d armies to our liberties. The objectio to the navy. Generals, it must be a often advanced at the head of armies but in what instance has an admiral ties of his country?

5. Put our strength in the navy f and we shall certainly escape the w possible ills painted by gentlemen o A naval force attacks that country fr ties alone we have anything to dread, assailable, and defends our own coun weakest.

6. Where is Great Britain most what point is she most accessible to commerce, in her navigation. There exposed, but the blow is fatal. Ther there the secret of her power. There shall become necessary, we ought to

7. And where are we most expose lantic line, a line so long and w peculiarly liable to be assailed on it. defended? By a navy, and by a nav efficiently defended.

8. Look back to the time when th possession of the whole line of the in our rivers, and ready to assault us A recurrence of this state of things, the country in the event of another

d only by the establishment and maintenance of icient naval force.

If anything can preserve the country in its most nent dangers from abroad, it is this species of arnt. If we desire to be free from future wars, (as e we may be,) this is the only way to effect it. hall have peace then, and, what is of still higher nt, peace with nerfect security.

', worldly wisdom; statecraft. | vul'ner-a-ble, liable to be wounded i-al, of an emperor or king;

or injured. im/mi-nent, threatening; at hand. ed′ (-serpt′), seized and held by är'ma-ment, force fitted out for war;

me.

ain: plucked the laurel from her brows (2).

synonyms of: illustrious, assailed, preserve, effect.

can you tell of Jackson and Scott?

MAS CAMPBELL was born in Glasgow in 1777, and died in 1844. His s chiefly devoted to literary work, including the writing of history graphy as well as poetry. But it is for his poetry only that he is ered by most of his readers; and it is his shorter lyrical pieces, like linden," ," "Ye Mariners of England," and "The Battle of the Baltic," ease the present generation. rather than his longer poems, like "The es of Hope" and "Gertrude of Wyoming," although these contain s of great beauty. Probably no poet except Shakespeare has been ently quoted as Campbell.

enlinden (two German words meaning high lime-trees) is the of a village in Upper Bavaria near which the Austrians, under the ke John, were defeated by the French and Bavarians, under General (mo-ro'), December 3, 1800. A snow-storm had fallen in the night the battle, and had hardly ceased when its first movements began.

7. The combat deepens. On, ye brave, Who rush to glory, or the grave! Wave, Munich, all thy banners wave,

And charge with all thy chivalry!

8. Few, few shall part, where many meet! The snow shall be their winding-sheet, And every turf beneath their feet

Shall be a soldier's sepulcher.

ry, noise and tumult, such as | Hun, here Austrian.

mpany a revel.

er-y, cannon.

ark brown. Frenchman.

ain the third line in stanza 4.

te out these stanzas in prose.

can'o-py, covering overhead.

chiv'al-ry (shiv'-), cavalry.
wind'ing-sheet, sheet in which a
dead body is wrapped.

VIII. — BEETHOVEN AND THE BLIND GIRL.

It happened at Bonn. One moonlight evening in cer I called upon Beethoven, for I wanted him to a walk, and afterward to sup with me. In passthrough a dark, narrow street, he paused suddenly. ush!" he said, "what sound is that? It is from Sonata in F!" he said eagerly. "Hark! how well = played!"

. It was a little, mean dwelling, and we paused side and listened. The player went on; but in midst of the finale there was a sudden break, then sound of sobbing. "I cannot play any more. It so beautiful, it is utterly beyond my power to do

Ah, my sister," said her compar regrets, when there is no remedy? pay our rent."

3. "You are right; and yet I wis life to hear some really good music. use."

Let us

Beethoven looked at me. "Go in !" I exclaimed. "What ca "I will play to her," he said, in "Here is feeling, genius, unders play to her, and she will understand I could prevent him, his hand was 4. A pale young man was sitting ing shoes; and near him, leaning son old-fashioned piano, sat a young girl, of light hair falling over her bent cleanly but very poorly dressed, and turned toward us as we entered.

"Pardon me," said Beethoven, "bu and was tempted to enter. I am a 5. The girl blushed, and the young somewhat annoyed.

"I-I also overheard something of

continued my friend.

"You wish t

6. There was something so odd in and something so comic and pleasan of the speaker, that the spell was bro and all smiled involuntarily.

"Thank you!" said the shoemaker is so wretched, and we have no musi