Scholar. Your own name Smith is borrowed from the occupation, is it not? Teacher. And so are Wright, Taylor, Baker, Shepherd, and many others. Scholar. And some again from personal qualities, as Black, White, Strong, Stark, Lang, the old form of Long. Teacher. And others again from ancient nicknames, as Littlejohn, Cruickshanks, Brokenbrow, and Redhead; or even from the sign or cognisance which in the Middle Ages was borne by private houses, as well as inns and shops. So John at the sign of the "Bell" became plain John Bell; and Simon, apothecary, of the "Dragon," was shrivelled into Simon Drake. Scholar. We are leaving out the Scotch and Irish names. Teacher. True. The "Mac" and the "O" are patronymics; they mean respectively "the son" and "grandson of"; and so the "Ap" of the Welsh or Ancient Britons, to which the "Fitz" or filius, that is, "son," of the Normans, corresponds. Scholar. I wonder how many surnames there may be in all amongst us. Teacher. In England, it is said, there are nearly · 40,000, or about one to every five hundred individuals. In Scotland not so many in proportion, on account of the practice which prevailed amongst clansmen of assuming the name of their chief, as elsewhere vassals have adopted the names of their lords and servants of their masters. But enough for to day. And enough indeed has been said by way of answer—as in one sense it is-to the derisive question, "What's in a name?" C. 1. Give six family names (other than those given in the lesson) which are derived respectively from a patronymic, as Johnson,—from an employment, as Taylor,—from a feature of nature, as Wood or Marsh. 2. Write down the Christian names, both male and female, which you like best and like least. 3. Take any street or road, and put down the names of all the inhabitants in their order along one side of it. I. De-ri'-sive, jeering, mocking. Shri'-vel-led, shrunk up. A SUNDAY IN LONDON. N a preceding paper I have spoken of an English Sunday in the country, and its tranquillizing effect upon the landscape; but where is its sacred influence more strikingly apparent than in the very heart of that great Babel, London? 2. On this sacred day the gigantic monster is charmed into repose. The intolerable din and struggle of the week are at an end. The shops are shut. The fires of forges and manufactories are extinguished; and the sun, no longer obscured by murky clouds of smoke, pours down a sober yellow radiance into the quiet streets. 3. The few pedestrians we meet, instead of hurry ing forward with anxious countenances, move leisurely along; their brows are smoothed from the wrinkles. of business and care; they have put on their Sunday looks and Sunday manners with their Sunday clothes, and are cleansed in mind as well as in person. 4. And now the melodious clangour of bells from church towers summons their several flocks to the fold. Forth issues from his mansion the family of the decent tradesman, the small children in advance; then the citizen and his comely spouse, followed by the grown-up daughters, with small morocco-bound Prayer-books laid in the folds of their pocket-handkerchiefs. 5. The housemaid looks after them from the window, admiring the finery of the family, and receiving perhaps a nod and smile from her young mistresses, at whose toilet she has assisted. Now rumbles along the carriage of some magnate of the city, peradventure an alderman or a sheriff, and now the patter of many feet announces a procession of charity scholars, in uniforms of antique cut, and each with a Prayer-book under his arm. 6. The ringing of bells is at an end; the rumbling of the carriage has ceased; the pattering of feet is heard no more: the flocks are folded in ancient churches, cramped up in by-lanes and corners of the crowded city, where the vigilant beadle keeps watch, like the shepherd's dog, round the threshold of the sanctuary. 7. For a time everything is hushed; but soon is heard the deep pervading sound of the organ, rolling and vibrating through the empty lanes and courts, and the sweet chanting of the choir making them resound with melody and praise. Never have I been more sensible of the sanctifying effect of church music, than when I have heard it thus poured forth, like a river of joy, through the inmost recesses of this great metropolis, elevating it, as it were, from all the sordid pollutions of the week, and bearing the poor world-worn soul on a tide of triumphant harmony to heaven. 8. The morning service is at an end. The streets are again alive with the congregations returning to their homes, but soon again relapse into silence. Now comes on the Sunday dinner, which, to the city tradesman, is a meal of some importance. There is more leisure for social enjoyment at the board. 9. Members of the family can now gather together who are separated by the laborious occupations of the week. A school-boy may be permitted on that day to come to the paternal home; an old friend of the family takes his accustomed Sunday seat at the board, tells over his well-known stories, and rejoices young and old with his well-known jokes. 10. On Sunday afternoon the great city pours forth its legions to breathe the fresh air and enjoy the sunshine of the parks and rural environs. Satirists may say what they please about the rural enjoyments of a London citizen on Sunday, but to me there is something delightful in beholding the poor prisoner of the crowded and dusty city enabled thus to come forth once a week and throw himself upon the green bosom of nature. II. He is like a child restored to the mother's breast; and they who first spread out these noble parks and magnificent pleasure-grounds which surround this huge metropolis, have done at least as much for its health and morality as if they had expended the amount of cost in hospitals, prisons, and penitentiaries. Washington Irving. Morocco is a very fine description of leather, and is so called because it is obtained from the empire of Morocco, in North-west Africa. 1. Mention some of the things that are made of leather. 2. Write three sentences, containing respectively an adverb of time, of place, and of manner. 3. What nouns are formed from the adjectives-good, strong, broad, hot, heavy, mortal? HERE the remote Bermudas ride From a small boat that rowed along, |