the Epworth aimed throughout to furnish in the simplest manner practical suggestions for the beginner in this particular work, it is pertinent to lay special emphasis upon the supreme object of the Epworth League-" to pro- The object of mote an earnest, intelligent, prac- League. tical and loyal spiritual life in the young people of our Church, to aid them in constant growth in grace and in the attainment of purity of heart, and to train them in works of mercy and help." To this spiritual aim, this religious work, all else is only auxiliary and subordinate. And happy will it be for the members of the league if they can carry into all its work the truly devotional spirit. It is the chief glory of the noble society of King's Daughters that into their manifold works of mercy and blessing they have borne the spirit of their motto, "In His name." In loyal devotion to Christ should all life's problems be mastered, its momentous conflicts fought, its glorious victories won. "Life," cries an enthusiastic toiler, "life is a sacred burden laid down before you by the hand of God. Take it up reverently, bear it on joyfully, lay it down triumphantly." cent's words on the Epworth rectory. Let us hope for the young people of Methodism that the Epworth League shall Bishop Vin- reproduce in all its chapters the essential spirit and life of the old Epworth rectory in Lincolnshire, of which Bishop Vincent writes so well: "Sweet home of Epworth, where reverent scholarship presided, where parents governed and children obeyed, where the Holy Scriptures were continually quoted and habitually followed, where songs rose from grateful hearts to the listening heavens, where the voice of prayer was scarcely ever silent, where neighbors were collected for worship and counsel, where each child was brought into sacred conference with its mother concerning the soul, the law of God, the grace of Christ, and the home in heaven! 66 May our homes be full of law and liberty, of grace and gladness; and from them may there come into Sunday-school, social meeting, and public service those who are well prepared to study the word of God diligently, pray reverently, sing heartily, listen attentively, and live consistently." APPENDIX. ENGLISH HISTORY-COURSE OF READING AND STUDY. Books marked thus (*), Seaside Library; (†), Franklin Square Library. TEXT-Books REQUIRED.—Yonge's Young Folks' History of England; Chautauqua Text-Book of English History. TEXT-BOOK Recommeded.—Green's Short History of the English People. For General Reading.—" England," Home College Series, 5 cents; Green's "History of the English People,"* four vols., 20 cents; Green's "The Making of England," 20 cents; "Pictures from English History;" Freeman's "Historical Essays." I. Early History, Until Close of Conquest, A. D. 607. Anglo-Saxons. Thrupp's "Anglo-Saxon Home." Mrs. Charles's "The Early Dawn" and "Winter's Tale "Time of Julius Agricola. Shakespeare's "Cymbeline" and "King Lear." Saxons invaded the Island about A. D. 429. Milman's Samor in his "Poetical Works." The Conquest, 449-607. Tennyson's "Idyls of the King" (A. D. 500-542). Coming of Arthur, Geraint and Enid, Merlin and Vivien, Lancelot and Elaine, The Holy Grail, Pelleas and Ettarre, Guinevere. and the Passing of Arthur. Lowell's "Vision of Sir Launfal," Matthew Arnold's "Tristram and Iseult,” in his poems; Wordsworth's poem "The Egyptian Maid;" Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott," Scott's "The Bridal of Triermain" (poem). II. The English Kingdoms, 607-1013. Gibbon's Roman Empire, 38th Chapter, for establishment of Saxon Heptarchy; Turner's "Anglo-Saxon," Scott's "Sir Tristram," Scott's "Harold, the Dauntless "poem, for Danish Norse Kings and the Early Church; Freeman's essay on "Mythical and Romantic Elements in Early English History," Thos. Hughes's "Alfred the Great," 881-901 (Standard Library, 20 cents), Jacob Abbott's "Alfred the Great," Donald G. Mitchell's "English, Lands, Letters, and Kings. Vol. I. From Celt to Tudor." III. The Middle Ages, 1013-1559. Tennyson's Harold (1066), Bulwer's "Harold," Miss Yonge's "Cameos," Kingsley's "Hereward the Wake." William the Conqueror, 1066-1087. Miss Roberts's "Malcolm;" Disraeli's paper on the Anglo-Normans," in "Amenities of Literature; " Abbott's "William the Conqueror." The Plantagenets, 1154-1399. Crusades. See Encyclopedia. Scott's “The Betrothed, "* for the Welsh border, and preparations for the third crusade. Richard the lion-hearted. Scott's "The Talisman " and "Ivanhoe,"* Mrs. F. D. Hemans's poem "The Troubadour," Miss Strickland's “Life of Berengaria.” Queen of Richard I. John, 1199-1216. Shakespeare's "King John" (Scott's Edward III., 1327-1377. For lively picture of the times, read Chaucer's "Canterbury Tales." Richard II., 1377-1399. Shakespeare's "Richard the Second;" for Wat Tyler's Insurrection, Ainsworth's "Merrie England." Robin Hood. (Appears in Scott's "Ivanhoe.") Houses of Lancaster and York, 1399-1461-1485. Lollards. Henry V., 1413-1422. Shakespeare's "Henry V." Wars of the Roses, 1454-1485. Bulwer's "The Last of the Barons," for Earl of Warwick, the king-maker. Henry VIII., 1509-1547, Shakespeare's Henry VIII., Ainsworth's "Windsor Castle,"* Mühlbach's "Henry VIII., or Catharine Parr, "Ainsworth's "Tower Hill" -1538 to Execution of Catharine Howard; Miss Strickland's "The Pilgrims of Walsingham," wherein Henry, Charles V., Anne Boleyn, and others tell stories; James's "Darnley," introduces Wolsey and ends with "The Field of the Cloth of Gold;" Miss Strickland's "Catharine Parr," and sketches of other Queens. For general reference, Freeman's Essays, Epochs of History Series. Donald G. Mitchell's "From Celt to Tudor." IV. The Reformation and Elizabeth, 1559-1603. History of the English Bible. Lady Jane Grey, 1553-1558. Tennyson's "Queen Mary." (Drama.) Mrs. F D. Hemans's " English |