a synonym for the single word: (1) The most dauntless. (2) Our admiration rises above all power of expression. (3) To such heroism we can pay only the tribute of silence. (4) Neither could form the least conjecture. (5) No immediate danger. (6) Fervently. (7) An iron-bound coast. (8) The exertions of the crew could not keep the fire under. (9) Speed incredible to ordinary experience. (10) The passengers had gathered together into one compact mass. (11) Involuntary murmurs of admiration broke from the crowd. (12) His strong athletic form had become old and shrunken. 4. Parse all the words in the following sentence: The captain and the crew did all they could to keep the place he stood on deluged with water.' 5. Analyse the following sentence: 'When the goodman mends his armour and trims his helmet's plume; when the goodwife's shuttle goes merrily flashing through the loom; with weeping and with laughter still is the story told-how well Horatius kept the bridge in the brave days of old.' 6. Write in columns all the words you know connected with the following English words: Fire; man; take; land; sea; way; heart; stand1; one2; speak3; board; all.1 7. Write in columns all the derivatives you know from the following Latin words: Jacio, I throw (root jac, in compound jic, stem ject); caput, the head (root capit); credo, I trust (root cred, stem credit); experior, I try (root experi); volo, I will (root vol, stem volit); volvo, I roll (root volv, stem volut). 8. Make sentences containing the following words: Raise, rays, and raze; reck and wreck. 9. Make sentences containing the following phrases: Strive against, strive with, strive for; struggle for, struggle with. 1 Stead, instead, homestead; stud, steed; steady, etc. larger than the Mississippi | Marvel, wonder. From Lat. mira itself. Niagara, the river which con It nects Lake Erie with Lake Ontario. The name, however, is generally limited to the Falls of Niagara-the largest cataract in the world. consists of two parts-the Canada Fall (by far the largest, so far as the bulk of water is concerned), 142 feet high, and the American Fall, 168 feet high. bilis, wonderful; through the Fr. merveille. Myriad, a very large number. From Gr. myrias, ten thousand. Subverted, overturned. From Lat. sub, under, and verto, I turn. Impelled, pushed on. From Lat. in, on, and pello, I drive. Atom, so small as to be incapable of cutting. From Gr. a, not, and tome, a cutting. Pigmy, very small. From Gr. Insect, a little animal, so called pyx, the clenched fist. Foliage, leafage. From Lat. folium, a leaf. Hence also folio, foliated, exfoliated, etc. because it looks as if cut in two. From Lat. insectumin, into, secare, to cut. Sparked, filled with one spark. 1. Strong climber of the mountain side, Yet walk with me where hawthorns hide High o'er the rushy springs of Don 2. But here the titling spreads his wing, And here the sunflower of the spring To mountain winds the famished fox O'er headlong steeps and gushing rocks 3. But here the lizard seeks the sun, O then, while hums the earliest bee 4. For, oh! I love these banks of rock, These tufts, where sleeps the gloaming clock,+ And wakes the earliest bee! As spirits from eternal day Look down on earth secure; A world in miniature. 5. A world not scorned by Him who made Light not alone on clouds afar O'er storm-loved mountains spread, O no! thou art a wondrous book, 6. And here, O Light! minutely fair, * The golden-crested wren. + The dor-beetle. Like splinters of a crystal hair, Yon drop-fed lake, six inches wide, 7. What forests tall of tiniest moss With shade o'er shade, from ledge to ledge, Ambitious of the sky, They feather o'er the steepest edge 8. O God of marvels! who can tell I feel no shock, I hear no groan, 9. Lo! in that dot, some mite, like me, May crawl, some atom cliffs to see- Lo! while he pauses, and admires The work of nature's might, Spurned by my foot, his world expires, |