stimulus to progressive improvement in the arts and sciences.

The subject possesses greater unity than that of the preceding volume, and is, at the same time, in its nature, more copious, as well as more interesting.

COSMICAL ARRANGEMENTS.

General Character of Spring in temperate Climates, . 11

Increasing Temperature of the Weather, and its

Effects,

Color and Figure of Bodies,

Mountains,

Rain,

Fountains and Springs of Running Water,

1. SUNDAY.—Advantages of Vicissitude,

Rivers,

17

REPRODUCTION OF VEGETABLES.

Vegetable Soil,

52

Vegetation,

57

Preservation and Distribution of Seeds,

Long Vitality of Seeds,

61

65

Developement of Seeds and Plants,

II. SUNDAY.-Analogy of Nature,

The Vital Powers of Plants,

Flowers.—Their Form, Color, and Fragrance,

Flowers.-Their Organs of Reproduction, and their

Secretion of Honey,

Flowers.-The Violet,

REPRODUCTION OF ANIMALS.

69

74

78

83

87

90

The Animal Structure.-Cellular Texture-Mem-

branes, Tendons, and Ligaments,

94

The Animal Structure.-Secretion, Digestion, and

the Circulation of the Blood,

97

III. SUNDAY.—“ The same Lord over All,"

101

The Animal Structure.-Gastric Juice-Muscular

Power-Nature of the Proof of Creative Wisdom

derived from the Animal Frame,

104

109

113

INSTINCTS CONNECTED WITH THE REPRODUCTION OF

ANIMALS.

General Remarks,

Parental Affection,

Insects. Their Eggs,

IV. SUNDAY.-On the Uniformity or Sameness in the

Natural and Moral World,

Insects.-Care of their Offspring, exemplified in Bees

and Wasps,

135

Insects.-The Moth-The Burying-Beetle-The Ant, 141

Insects.-Gall Flies,

Insects.-Deposition of Eggs in the Bodies of Ani-

mals, and in Insects' Nests,

Birds. Their Eggs,

Birds.-Prospective Contrivances,

V. SUNDAY. On the Domestic Affections in Man,

Birds. Relation of their Bodies to external Nature,

Birds.-Pairing,

Birds. Pairing, continued,

Birds.-Nest-building,

Birds. Nest-building, continued,

215

219

Birds.-Nest-building, continued.-The Grossbeak-

Birds.-Hatching of Eggs, and rearing the Brood,

Quadrupeds.-The Lion-The Rabbit,

Quadrupeds.-Instincts of the Young,

Man.-Effects of protracted Childhood on the Indi-

vidual,

Man.-Effects of protracted Childhood on the Pa-

rents and on Society,

VII. SUNDAY.-On Christian Love,

AGRICULTURE.

The Difference between the Operations of Reason

and Instinct, as affording Arguments in Favor of

the Divine Perfections,

Origin of Agricultural Labor,

Origin of Property in the Soil, and the Division of

Benefits derived from the Principles which stimulate

The Blessings of Labor,

231

Ranks,

Effects of Property in the Soil,

Agricultural Improvement,

234

238

241

244

248

252

256

260

264

. 268

Products of the Soil.-Dissemination of Plants,

IX. Sunday.—The Sower,

272

. 275

279

VIII. SUNDAY.-Spiritual Training by Affliction,

Nature of Soils,

Formation of Soils,

Management of Soils,

Management of Soils.-Draining-Irrigation,

Blair-Drummond Moss,

Dissemination of Plants.-The Cocoa-Nut Tree,

Mitigation of Seasons occasioned by Cultivation, 283

The Labors of the Husbandman wisely distributed

over the Year,

Vegetable Substances.-The Corn-Plants.-Their

Mysterious Origin,

The Corn-Plants.Their Distribution over the Globe, 295-

The Corn-Plants.-Wheat,

x. SUNDAY.-Sabbath Morning,

The Corn-Plants.—Barley,

The Corn-Plants.-Oats,

The Corn-Plants.-Rice, Maize, and Millet,

Leguminous Plants.-Peas and Beans,

Esculent Roots.-The Potato,

XI. SUNDAY.—True Science the Handmaid of Religion, 330

Vegetable Substances used for Weaving.-The Cot-

ton-Plant,

Vegetable Substances used for Cordage.—Hemp,

Vegetable Substances used for Paper,

PUBLIC LIMPAR

ASTOR, LANGR
YILDAN FOUNDALEH

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by MARSH, CAPEN, LYON, AND WEBB,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.