The good can never be unfortunate.
And be this maxim graven in thy mind;
The height of virtue is, to serve mankind.
But when old age has silver'd o'er thy head,
When memory fails, and all thy vigour's fled,
Then mayst thou seek the stillness of retreat,
Then hear aloof the human tempest beat;
Then will I greet thee to my woodland cave,
Allay the pangs of age, and smooth thy grave.

CHAPTER II.

Narrative Pieces.

GRAINGER.

Sect. 1. No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy

2. Change of external condition often adverse to virtue

3. Haman or the misery of pride

4. Lady Jane Grey

5. Ortogrul; or the vanity of riches

6. The hill of science

The journey of a day; a picture of human life

CHAPTER III.

Didactic Pieces.

Sect. 1. The importance of a good education

2. On gratitude

S

On forgiveness

Motives to the practice of gentleness

5. A suspicious temper the source of misery to its possessor

6. Comforts of religion

7. Diffidence of our abilities a mark of wisdom

8. On the importance of order in the distribution of our time

9. The dignity of virtue amidst corrupt examples

10. The mortifications of vice greater than those of virtue

11. On contentment

12. Rank and riches afford no ground for envy

12 Patience under provocations our interest as well as duty

14 Moderation in our wishes recommended

15. OF science and omnipresence of the Deity, the source of

onsolation to good men

4. The misfortunes of men mostly chargeable on themselves
5. disinterested friendship

6. On the immortality of the soul

Sect. 1 The seasons

CHAPTER V.
Descriptive Pieces,

2. The cataract of Niagara, in Canada, North America
3. The grotto of Antiparos

4. The grotto of Antiparos continued

5. Earthquake at Catanea

6. Creation

7. Charity

8. Prosperity is redoubled to a good man
9. On the beauties of the Psalms

10. Character of Alfred, king of England
11. Character of Queen Elizabeth

12. The slavery of vice

13. The man of integrity

14. Gentleness

CHAPTER VI.

Pathetic Pieces.

Sect. 1. Trial and execution of the Earl of Strafford
2. An eminent instance of true fortitude of mind
3. The good man's comfort in affliction

4. The close of life

5. Exalted society, and the renewal of virtuous connexions,
two sources of future felicity

6. The clemency and amiable character of the patriarch Josepi
7. Altaniont

Seet. 1. Cicero against Verres

2. Speech of Adherbal to the Roman Senate, imploring

their protection against Jugurtha

S. The Apostle Paul's noble defence befors Festus and Agripp
4. Lord Mansfield's speech in the House of Lords, 1770, on the bi
for preventing the delays of justice, by claiming the privi
lege of parliament

5. An address to young persons

CHAPTER IX.
Promiscuous Pieces..

Beet. 1. Earthquake at Calabria, in the year 1638

2. Letter from Pliny to Germinius.

3. Letter from Pliny to Marcellinus, on the death of an aritable

young woman.

4. On Discretion

5. On the government of our thoughts

6 On the evils which flow from unrestrained passions

On the proper state of our temper with respect to one another
Excellence of the Holy Scriptures

Reflections occasioned by a review of the blessings, pronounced
by Christ on his disciples, in his sermon on the mount