15. The wind had increased to a perfect hurricane, and shifted from quarter to quarter, as if on purpose to swell the sea of fire, and extinguish the last hope. The fire was approaching the Kremlin, and already the roar of the flames and the crash of the falling houses, and the crackling of burning timbers, were borne to the ears of the startled emperor.

16. He arose and walked to and fro, stopping and convulsively gazing on the terrific scene. Murat, Eugene," and Berthier rushed into his presence, and on their knees besought him to flee; but he still clung to that haughty palace, as if it were his empire.

17. But at length the shout, "The Kremlin on fire!" was heard above the roar of the conflagration, and Napoleon reluctantly consented to leave. He descended into the streets with his staff, and looked about for a way of egress, but the flames blocked every passage.

18. At length they discovered a postern gate, leading to the Moskwa, and entered it, but they had only entered still further into the danger. As Napoleon cast his eye around the open space, girdled and arched with fire, smoke, and cinders, he saw one single street yet open, but all on fire.

19. Into this he rushed, and amid the crash of falling houses, and raging of the flames, over burning ruins, through clouds of rolling smoke, and between walls of fire, he pressed on; and at length, half suffocated, emerged in safety from the blazing city, and took up his quarters in the imperial palace of Petrousky, nearly three miles distant.

d

NOTES.-a a Eugene (yū-jēn'); a noted general, and son of Josephine and Beauharnais, before her marriage with Napoleon. b Berthier (ber-te-a'); a renowned general, born at Paris, in 1753. He fought in the American revolution with Lafayette, and with Napoleon in France. c Moskwa (mos'kwä); a river in Russia on which Moscow stands. d Petrousky (pronounced på-tros'ke.)

QUESTIONS. 1. What is said of Moscow? 1. Who was Napoleon? 1. Who was Murat? 1. Who first entered the city of Moscow? 2. Whom did Napoleon appoint governor of the city? 2. Who was Mortier ? 3. What number of inhab. itants did the city contain? 5. How did it appear when Murat entered it? 6. When

was the cry of fire made? 8. What is said of the Kremlin ? 9. Who subdued the fire? 10. How did the Russians renew it the next night? 12. What was the appearance of the clouds over the city? 13. What happened to Mortier? 16. Who was Eugene? 16. Who was Berthier? 16. With what distinguished generals did he fight? 16. How did Napoleon appear during the conflagration? 17. When did Napoleon consent to leave the city? 18. What is the Moskwa? 19. How did he effect his escape, and where take up his residence?

LESSON LXIII.
Spell and Define.

1. Can'o-pi-ed, covered with a canopy.
5. In-ces'sant, unceasing.

5. Ex-plo'sions, sudden bursts of sound.
7. Hur'ri-cane, a violent tempest.
8. Spec'ta-cle, sight.

11. Cha'os, a confused mass.

11. E-merged, rose out to view.
11. Un-scath'ed, uninjured.
13. Al-tern'ate-ly, by turns.
13. Ter-rific, dreadful.

ERRORS.1. In'e-my for en'e-my; 2. cav-l'ry for cav'al-ry; 3. ter'rub-ble for ter1ri-ble; 5. vol'lums for volumes; 6. sul'lers for cellars; 6. hov'ls for hovels; 7. mis'er-ble for mis'er-a-ble; 7. in-dis-crib'er-ble for in-dis-crib'a-ble; 10. colyums for columns; 11. des-er-la'tion for des-o-la'tion; 11. un-scayth'ed for unscath'ed.

BURNING OF MOSCOW,-CONCLUDED.

[The reader may point out the example or examples of emphatic repetition in this piece, and tell what inflection should be given. See rule 5, p. 57.]

1. MORTIER, relieved from his anxiety for the emperor, redoubled his efforts to arrest the conflagration. His men cheerfully rushed into every danger. Breathing nothing but smoke and ashes, — canopied by flame, and smoke, and cinders, surrounded by walls of fire that rocked to and fro, and fell with a crash amid the blazing ruins, carrying down with them red hot roofs of iron,-he struggled against an enemy, that no boldness could awe, or courage overcome.

2. Those brave troops had heard the tramp of thousands of cavalry, sweeping battle without fear, but now they stood. in still terror before the march of the conflagration, under whose burning footsteps was heard the incessant crash of falling houses; and palaces, and churches.

3. The continuous roar of the raging hurricane, mingled with that of the flames, was more terrible than the thunder of

artillery; and before this new foe, in the midst of this battle of the elements, the awe-struck army stood powerless and affrighted.

4. When night descended again on the city, it presented a spectacle, the like of which was never seen before, and which baffles all description ; the streets of fire, the heavens a canopy of fire, and the entire body of the city a mass of fire, fed by a hurricane that whirled the blazing fragments in a constant stream through the air.

5. Incessant explosions, from the blowing up of stores of oil, and tar, and spirits, shook the very foundations of the city, and sent volumes of smoke rolling furiously toward the sky. Huge sheets of canvas, on fire, came floating, like messengers of death, through the flames; the towers and domes of the churches and palaces, glowed with red hot heat over the wild sea below, then tottering a moment on their bases, were hurled by the tempest into the common ruin.

6. Thousands of wretches, before unseen, were driven by the heat from the cellars and hovels, and streamed in an incessant throng through the streets. Children were seen carrying their parents, the strong the weak, while thousands more were staggering under loads of plunder, they had snatched from the flames.

7. This, too, would frequently take fire in the falling shower, and the miserable creatures would be compelled to drop it and flee for their lives. Oh, it was a scene of woe and fear indescribable! A mighty and close packed city of houses, and churches, and palaces, wrapt from limit to limit in flames, which are fed by a whirling hurricane, is a sight this world will seldom see.

8. But this was all within the city. To Napoleon, without, the spectacle was still more sublime and terrific. When

NOTE. - -a Moscow, when burned in 1812, was about the same size as at the pres ent time. It was 20 miles in circumference, and contained about 350,000 inhabi tants,

the flames had overcome all obstacles, and had wrapped everything in their red mantle, that great city looked like a sea of fire, swept by a tempest that drove it into vast billows.

9. Huge domes and towers, throwing off sparks like blazing firebrands, now towered above these waves, and now disappeared in their maddening flow, as they rushed and broke high over their tops, and scattered their spray of fire against the clouds.

10. The heavens themselves seemed to have caught the conflagration, and the angry masses that swept it, rolled over a bosom of fire. Columns of flame would rise and sink along the surface of the sea, and huge volumes of black smoke suddenly shoot into the air, as if volcanoes were working below.

11. The black form of the Kremlin alone towered above the chaos, now wrapped in flame and smoke, and again emerged into view, standing amid the scene of desolation and terror, like virtue in the midst of a burning world, enveloped but unscathed by the devouring elements.

12. Napoleon stood and gazed upon this scene in silent awe. Though nearly three miles distant, the windows and walls of his apartment were so hot, that he could scarcely bear his hand against them.

13. Said he, years afterward, "It was the spectacle of a sea and billows of fire, a sky and clouds of flame; mountains of red rolling flame, like immense waves of the sea, alternately bursting forth, and elevating themselves to skies of fire, and then sinking into the ocean of flame below. Oh! it was the most grand, the most sublime, the most terrific sight the world ever beheld."

QUESTIONS. 1. What did Mortier do after Napoleon left the Kremlin? 4. What was the appearance of the city when night descended? 6. Who were seen stream. ing through the streets? 7. What was the size of Moscow when burned? 11. How did the Kremlin appear amidst the conflagration? 13. What did Napoleon say of the city some years afterwards?

LESSON LXIV.

Spell and Define.

1. Rainbow, an arc of a circle of various | 4. Do-main', dominion, empire.

colors.

5. Leaflets, little leaves.

1. Al'tar, a table on which sacrifices were 6. Tab'let, a small table.

offered.

2. Tre-men'dous, dreadful, terrible.

2. A-bash'ed, confused with shame.

3. Billows, swollen waves.

[order.

4. Arch-an'gel, an angel of the highest 4. Di'a-mond, a precious stone.

6. Prof-a-na'tion, a violation of things sacred.

7. De-lir'i-ous, light-headed.

7. Ves'ti-bule, the porch, or entrance of a house.

7. Rap'ture, extreme joy or pleasure.

ERRORS.1. For'rerd for forehead; 2. tre-men'jus for tre-men'dous; 2. hem for hymn; 4. artch-an'gel's for arch-an'gel's; 4. Je-hov'yah's for Je-ho'vah's, 6. scace for scarce; 7. wile for while.

NIAGARA FALLS.&

MRS. SIGOURNEY.

[The pupil may tell how this piece should be read. See Modulation, rule 2, page 73.

1. FLOW on, Niagara, in thy glorious robe
Of terror and of beauty! God hath set
His rainbow on thy forehead, and the cloud
Mantles around thy feet. And he doth give
The voice of thunder, power to speak of him
Eternally, bidding the lip of man

2.

Keep silence, and upon thy altar pour
Incense of awe-stricken praise.

And who can dare

To lift the insect trump of earthly hope,
O'er love, or sorrow, 'mid the peal sublime
Of thy tremendous hymn? E'en ocean shrinks
Back from thy brotherhood, and his wild waves
Retire abashed.

NOTES.-a -a Niagara Falls (ni-ag'a-ra); a cataract between Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, having a perpendicular fall of one hundred and sixty feet, and exceeding in grandeur every other cataract in the world. It is supposed, by geologists, to have receded about 8 miles from its original site, by the constant wearing of the waters. b A rainbow is frequently formed over the cataract, by the spray rising from the water, and separating the rays of the sun, in the same manner as a shower of rain.