The Boys' And Girls' Library Containing a Variety of Useful and Instructive Reading, Selected from Eminent Writers for Youth

Throwing the snake upon the ground, in an agony of disgust, she felt for the sparrow's egg; but, alas! the empty shell was alone there,--the snake had sucked the egg. "How I wis...

"Be not disobliging, my lad," said he. "The young gentleman here has never seen a bird's nest, although he has often read of them, and he wishes very much to see one. Pray, do h...

Bruno immediately plunged in, and brought her safe to the bank, as we have seen; but Isabelle learnt a good lesson, which she never forgot, and that was, obedience to her parent...

"My heart leaps up when I behold A rainbow in the sky; So was it when my life began, So is it now I am a man, So let it be when I grow old, Or let me die." IBID.

All this while their parents and friends were out looking for them everywhere; for Mrs. Morton, seeing the dark cloud arise, and finding that the children did not come home, was...

In the year 1811, this place was visited by a severe earthquake, which alarmed the people greatly, as nothing of the kind had occurred since the settlement of the town. It does...

"I should like to go up in it," said James; "it must be so beautiful to sail through the air, and look down on the cities and villages, and green fields, and woods."

Cartier had already made numerous and surprising discoveries; but the great object of his expedition had not been certainly attained, although he had strong hopes of ultimate su...

Exp. 3. When the instrument is cooled, the water in the tube does not simply fall by its own weight. It is forced down by the pressure of the outward atmosphere. For although th...

NOTE.--Shepherd's purse, or wedge-shaped treacle-mustard, one of our commonest road-side weeds, varying greatly in the size and form of its leaves. "It flowers from spring to th...

FATHER. Even when we cannot perceive the perspiration, there is what is called _insensible_ perspiration, by which, in a state of health, about twenty ounces of waste matter are...

In a little time the waters began to move, and there was a low sound of wind, that soon rose into a storm; and then the waves dashed furiously against the cliffs, as I have befo...