name had spread over all Europe. "I have received more than I sought,' replied Jacquard; Through you, the manu-and I desire no further.' facturers have all grown rich,' "This useful man, born of 66 6 remarked a visitor. "So much the better,' replied Jacquard. 'I have retired on a moderate competency, and I have no cause to complain; it is sufficient for me that I have been of service to my fellow-citizens.' ""Your townsmen,' said a stranger of distinction, 'have not treated you with proper respect.' obscure parents, and who were not forgotten by him in his prosperity, ended his days peaceably, in August, 1834. A subscription was opened by the Conseil des Prud'hommes of Lyons, for the purpose of raising a monument suitable to the memory of him who had become one of the benefactors of mankind." THE SWALLOW. THE warm breath of summer My beautiful swallow, returns not again. I hear its gay fellows- I see them across the blue lake's surface pass. Long known-long beloved! When wilt thou return To cheer me, heart-weary? In absence so dreary From thee, O my swallow! I linger and mourn. For thee does my window What hinders thee, dearest? Can it be that thou fearest In me a harsh tyrant with prison and chain? The flower in the wild-wood Gives place to the fruit: The summer on stealeth; And each day revealeth My hope of thy coming grown fainter and mute. My strain, once so gleesome, Is now a sad song; Art thou faithful no longer? Has death proved the stronger. No matter; thy minstrel will pine for thee long. CHAPTER II. THE PARTS OF A PLANT-THE FLOWER. W. HERE is a pretty flower. W. Then I will begin with the Stalk of the flower. Has that any name, papa? P. Yes; the stalk of the leaf, you may remember, we called the petiole. The flower-stalk is called the peduncle. L. Both the peduncle and the petiole begin from the same place on the stem of the plant. A little way up on the peduncle there is something like a small leaf. P. That is not a true leaf; it P. So it is. It is an organ of is called a bract. What else do reproduction. you notice? Ion. There now, papa, you are giving us one of your long names again; but I remember what "reproduction" means. You said that when a plant begins to grow, it dies; and, that before it dies, it forms little organs which produce again; that is to say, they form new plants. W. And those little organs are called seeds; so, how can a flower be an organ of reproduction? It will not grow if you put it in the ground. Ion. Look at the end of the peduncle; the flower does not grow directly upon it, but there is a sort of green cup made of leaves for the flower to sit in. I suppose it is a protection for the flower, so that it may not break off easily. P. Very often it is. This flower-cup is called the calyx, and the leaves of the calyx are called sepals. What next? L. Now let us look at the pretty flower. This has a ring of leaves all round it. P. Wait a little while, and P. Instead of saying a ring you will see. The organs we of leaves, we say a whorl, just have hitherto talked of, such as as you said of the green leaves the root, leaves, and sap, are which grew from one point in useful to produce new parts, the stalk (page 148). The and to sustain the life of the flower-leaves are not called tree; but these organs of repro-sepals, but petals; and the duction have different func- whorl of leaves is called the tions. Let us examine the corolla. The corolla, in this flower. If you will point out flower, contains five petals, but its parts, I will tell you their some flowers have many more, names. and some less. perfect seeds yet; they are waiting there to be made perfect. The flower has to do this. When it has done so it will die, and the seeds will ripen, and fall out. L. How curious! I should like to know how all this is done. P. Well, I will tell you in our next lesson; but to-day you had better learn the name of each part. You may cut open the ovary, and see the imperfect seeds which are inside it. Ion. Ah, here they are! How soft and watery they seem to be! But, papa, you said that they are not perfect seeds yet; and you have not yet told us what they are called. P. They are called ovules, which word may be said to mean "little eggs"; that is a very good name for them. L. Now, papa, we can point out the parts of the flower, and can say their names. A FLOWER has a peduncle, bract, calyx (consisting of sepals), corolla (consisting of petals), stamens, a pistil, an ovary, and ovules. P. You may say that a flower may have all these parts, for they are not found in all flowers. The stamens and pistil also have distinct parts; these we will notice soon. WHEN is a man less than a man? Then we pity him all we can.-C. MACKAY. THE TUDORS. EDWARD VI. free from the tyranny of the Pope- they used their own minds, and they ran about here and there, telling each other the new wonders they had read in God's word. But there were not only good men, and fierce, and foolish BEFORE King Henry VIII. died, he appointed his little son Edward as his successor. Edward was only nine years old; so the king ordered that sixteen noblemen, whom he named, should govern for him until Edward reached the age of 18 years. The nation, how-men, but there were wise men ever, did not obey Henry as in those days; and it is fortureadily after his death as when nate that the Protector was one he was alive; and they chose of them. He carried on the the young king's uncle, the Duke good work of the Reformation. of Somerset, to govern. In this he was helped by Archbishop Cranmer, of whom you have already heard. Cranmer was a wise and prudent man; he did not disturb the people by sudden and violent changes, but he made improvements gradually. In order to establish the English Church, a council of bishops and clergymen was appointed. Many of these men were wise and good. They proceeded in their work with great care, consideration, and exactness; and, depending on God's Holy Spirit, they esta Now the Duke of Somerset was a very good man, and as soon as he became Protector he turned his power to good account. In those days nearly all people were talking or thinking about religion. "Which is the way to serve God?" was the great question which troubled men. There were many serious men who loved God and prayed to him, and whose hearts were filled with gladness because they could read His word. And there were many fierce men, who were angry with the Pope because he had de-blished all things on "the best ceived them so long; they were and surest foundations." angry, too, with all who still believed in him, and persecuted them because they could not see the truth; which was a very wicked thing to do. And there were wild men, who, now that they disbelieved the Pope, took up all manner of strange fancies instead. So most people were still much excited about their religion. They felt themselves The people still believed in the doctrine of transubstantiation, for you may remember that Henry had ordered them to do so. They were taught by this doctrine that the bread eaten at the sacrament of the Lord's Supper is changed into the real body of Christ. This, of course, is not true, and the council told the people so. The council ordered the foolish practice of bowing down to images to be given up; and they also allowed all clergymen to have wives as other men have. You may remember that as far back as the time of Dunstan, the Pope had forbidden the clergy to marry. This he had no right to do, for God had never forbidden them; clergymen should have wives to help them in doing good. they were put into verse by a schoolmaster named Hopkins. These Psalms of Sternhold and Hopkins are not considered good specimens of verses now, but they were very useful in those days; and it was very pleasant for the Protestants to sing the praises of God in their own language. You must not, however, suppose that all this good was done without some evil; the wisest men have never done right in all things. The council ordered a "visitation" of the churches, so that the images, and any other superstitious things they contained, might be destroyed. This order was executed with severity and injustice, like that for the destruction of the reli In the course of time the council of bishops and clergy abolished all the doctrines of the Catholic religion which were contrary to the Scriptures, and they then prepared new forms of service. They drew up the COMMON PRAYER BOOK, which we still use, and they founded on the Scriptures forty-gious houses in Henry VIII.'s two declarations, which all true reign. The libraries of WestProtestants were required to be- minster and Oxford were ranlieve. In the reign of Elizabeth sacked and purged of the Rothree of these were omitted, so mish legends, missals, and that now there are only thirty-superstitious volumes; these, nine, which we call the THIRTY- as well as the images, were NINE ARTICLES. The three publicly burnt, but at the same articles omitted were, 1. "The time many useful books on resurrection of the dead is not Geometry, Astronomy, and passed already." 2. "The soul other subjects, were destroyed, does not perish with the body." because they were said to be 3. "All men will not be saved." magical, and others were stolen The forty-two articles were because of their silver clasps principally drawn up by Cran- and rich bindings. mer, and they were bound at the end of the prayer-book. The burning did not stop Iwith the books. The ProtesThe people now had in their tants were, as I told you, foolish own language the Scriptures, enough to burn men also. Now the thirty-nine articles, and a that they were in power, they book of prayer. Besides these, called the Roman Catholics a book of praise was also pub-"heretics," and committed lished, containing "A new ver- several to the flames. They sion of the Psalms." The committed others to prison; Psalms were translated by a two important prelates, Gargood man named Sternhold, and diner, Bishop of Winchester, |