1692-fortnight of hospitalitys-the evening of the 13th-the night-the massacre-the numbers killed-the escape.

19. The Parliamentary War
20. The Revolution of 1688.
21. The Jacobite Rebellion.
22. The Thirty Years' War
23. The Conquest of India.
24. The Trial and Execution of
Mary Queen of Scots.

25. The Murder of Cardinal Bea-
ton.

26. The Massacre of St Bartholo

mew.

27. The Defeat of the Armada. 28. The French Revolution.

10. The Gothic Settlement of Bri- 29. The American War of Inde

Write an Abstract of each of the following plays, poems, other works in the form of a Narrative Theme :

and

7. Spenser's Red-Cross Knight (Book I. of Fairy Queen).

8.

Sir Guyon (Book II. of Fairy Queen).

9. Milton's Paradise Lost (Books 1-4).

5-8).
9-12).

12. Wordsworth's Wanderer (Excursion, Book I.). 13. Scott's Ivanhoe.

15. Bacon's Advancement of Learning (Book I.). 16. One Book of Homer, or Virgil, &c.

Chapter II.-Descriptive Themes.

118. The aim of the Descriptive Theme is to convey a clear notion of what the thing described is. It may therefore be regarded as an expansion of the descriptive paragraph (§ 86), amplified by the occasional introduction of narrative and reflective elements. Each of the particulars mentioned in the schemes for descriptive paragraphs (§§ 87, 89, 92), may thus be expanded and amplified so as to form a separate paragraph by itself. Thus, in speaking of the species to which an object belongs, some sentences of narration may be introduced to illustrate the history either of the species, or of the particular object under consideration. An enumeration of its properties, in like manner, will give rise to reflections regarding its qualities, its uses, and the feelings or associations which either the whole object or any part of it suggests.

119. The subjects of Descriptive Themes, as of Descriptive Paragraphs, may be

1. Individual objects.

2. Class objects.

3. Moral qualities.

A Model Scheme for each kind of subject is given in the follow

ing sections.

Model Scheme for an Individual Object.
THE TOWER OF LONDON.

1. The species-A citadel.1

D. and R. The different purposes to which it is now applied.

Exercise 51.

Subjects for Descriptive Themes (Individual Objects):

7. York Minster.

8. Stonehenge.

9 The Giant's Causeway.

10. The Bass Rock.

11. The Isle of Wight.

12. The International Exhibition.

Model Scheme for a Class Object.

A CAMERA OBSCURA.

1. The species.(1.) Genus. Opti- | 'N. Its discovery, improvecal instruments.

(2.) Difference. Receives images of external things.

2. Its properties.-Used for photographic purposes; presents the image inverted and reversed; small aperture for light to enter; size, various."

6

3. Its parts.-1. The lens ; 2. The chamber; 3. The ground glass. 4. The kinds.-Stationary; portable; stereoscopic; microscopic; magnifying, &c.

"N. History of the art; and
R. Its wonderful powers, and
useful applications; extent to
which it is practised.

R. The lens of the eye.
SR. The eye chamber.
R. The retina; images made
permanent by chemistry.
D. Solid pictures.

Exercise 52.

Subjects for Descriptive Themes (Class Objects):

1. A Steam Plough.

2. An Armstrong gun.

3. An Iron-clad Ship.

4. An Electric Battery.

5. A Paper-making machine. 6. A Cotton-printing work.

122.

7. A Distillery.

8. An Observatory.

9. Telegraphic apparatus.
10. A Bank.

11. Gas making apparatus.
12. A Lithographic Press.

Model Scheme for an Abstract Quality.
DIVISION OF LABOUR.

1. Definition.-(1.) Genus, Economic principles.1

(2.) Difference. Makes labour more productive by requiring each man to devote himself to a special branch of labour.2

2. Application.-To all labour-some men are doctors, some teachers, some manufacturers, &c. To a particular branch of labour, effect in securing greater perfection in each labourer. Leads to interchange - trade- between individuals; between countries."

1R. Importance of this science -its influence on human well-being.

2R. Contrast the state in which each man produces every thing for himself, and each man something for his neighbour.

3D. Pin-making.

R. Promotes social virtues.
R. International feelings.

Exercise 53.

Subjects for Descriptive Themes (Abstract subjects):—

1. Wealth.

2. Profit.

3. Civilisation

4. Barbarism. 5. Taxation. 6. Poverty.

7. Imagination.

8. Extravagance.

9. Revenge.

10. Criticism.

11. Presence of mind.

12. Common sense.

Chapter III.-Reflective Themes.

123. In a Reflective Theme each of the particulars mentioned in § 98, as elements of a paragraph, should be so amplified as to form a separate paragraph by itself. The composition may also be relieved by the introduction of narrative and descriptive elements. The particulars referred to (§ 98) were :—

1. The cause, origin, or motive.

2. The effect or consequence.

3. The illustration, including comparison.

4. The feelings excited by the subject.

5. The application, its influence on life and conduct; the moral inculcated.

124.

Model Scheme.-Magna Charta.*

1. The cause. The king weak and tyranni- | N. Previous history of cal; the nobles powerful; disgusted with his conduct; their motive, to weaken his power; his motive, to stave off a crisis, and deceive them into a false security, &c.

2. The effects. Great good to the nation; laid the foundation of British freedom; secured property and personal liberty, &c.

3. The illustration. Compare it to the planting of a noble tree, or to the discovery of the law of gravitation in physics, &c.

4. The feelings. Hearty approval; admiration of the men who secured it; gratitude to them for associating the people with them, &c. 5. The application. Good brought out of evil; we cannot see the end at the beginning; patriotism a duty, &c.

John's reign; Prince
Arthur; expulsion from
France; quarrel with
Rome; interdict; ex-
communication;
French war; the rising
of the nobles.
D. Runnymede, the
scene of granting the
charter, &c.

D. Its articles and
leading provisions.

D.Langton, Pembroke,
Fitzwalter, &c.

*To shew the different treatment which a subject should receive in a Paragraph and in a Theme, we here give the same subject as is ana. lysed for a Paragraph in ? 99.