Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts . ^?.^,vt ^f^J^ [EiEOllBUIKSM wiLLrAiiAXD PlOBErt chambers CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. No. PageGrace Darling, -------- 12 VOLNEY BeCKNER, - - - - - - - -12 11 James ^Iaxwell, -------- 12 13 Maurice and Genevieve, -------13 Religious Impostors, ------- 14 Anecdotes of Dogs, La Rocuejaquelein and the War is La Vendee, - - 16Journal of a Poor Vicar, Blanche Raymond : A Parisian Story, - - - - 17 26 The Romance of Geology, 18 History of the Slave Trade, * . > - - - 19Story of Walter Ruysdael, tub Watchmaker, - - 20 Chevy-Ch
Chambers's miscellany of useful and entertaining tracts . ^?.^,vt ^f^J^ [EiEOllBUIKSM wiLLrAiiAXD PlOBErt chambers CONTENTS OF VOLUME II. No. PageGrace Darling, -------- 12 VOLNEY BeCKNER, - - - - - - - -12 11 James ^Iaxwell, -------- 12 13 Maurice and Genevieve, -------13 Religious Impostors, ------- 14 Anecdotes of Dogs, La Rocuejaquelein and the War is La Vendee, - - 16Journal of a Poor Vicar, Blanche Raymond : A Parisian Story, - - - - 17 26 The Romance of Geology, 18 History of the Slave Trade, * . > - - - 19Story of Walter Ruysdael, tub Watchmaker, - - 20 Chevy-Chase, .--21 The Beggars Daughter of Bethnal-Green, - - - 21 EDINBURGH: PRINTED BY W. AND R. CHAMBERS. Honour and shame from no condition rise ;Act well your part—there all tlie honour lies. How much truth there is in this sayino:, isstrikingly shown in the history of GraceDarling-; for, being- in what is called ahumble station in life, she, acting well herpart in it, and having on one occasion manifested some of thehighest qualities which belong to human nature, became, forthese reasons, an object of respect and admiration to persons ofevery rank and condition, and acquired a celebrity which may besaid to have spread over the greater par-t of the civilised of the highest rank, and even royalty itself, felt thedemands which the singiilar worth of this j^oung woman madeupon them, and vied with individuals of her own class in doingher the honour she deserved. N-. 12. i HEROISM IN HUMBLE LIFE. Grace Darling was one of a numerous family bom to WilliamDarling, lighthouse-keeper. Her g-randfather, Robert Darling-,orig-inally a cooper at Dunse, in Berwickshire, removed to Bel-f
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