. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . AUSTIN HALL. 119 any of the Arabian tales, or even the modern Hadji Baba,which afforded us so many entertaining selections lastwinter. I shall take my usual liberties with it, abridgingor enlarging as I like. Mrs. Austi7i. I know the story you allude to. It is along and interesting one ; and as we are unusually late,perhaps you had better defer the recital till to-morrow even-ing. Edward is tired with the long ride he had with youto-day, and it would be better for him to join the usu
. Austin Hall, or, Conversations between a father and his children, on subjects of amusements and instruction . AUSTIN HALL. 119 any of the Arabian tales, or even the modern Hadji Baba,which afforded us so many entertaining selections lastwinter. I shall take my usual liberties with it, abridgingor enlarging as I like. Mrs. Austi7i. I know the story you allude to. It is along and interesting one ; and as we are unusually late,perhaps you had better defer the recital till to-morrow even-ing. Edward is tired with the long ride he had with youto-day, and it would be better for him to join the usualjuvenile party of the Seven Sleepers. Edward. Thank you, mamma: I am very tired, butstill I could listen, I am sure, and to-morrow will be Sun-day, and papa wont tell it to us then. Mr. Austin. An additional reason ; there is no reprievenow. I should not like to have your heads running all dayto-morrow on an unfinished tale, which would be as inju-rious to you as a Saturday nights play or opera is to yourseniors. But you are yawning even now, and that youknow always entails good night. 120 AUSTIN CHAPTER IX. SUNDAY EVENING. Mr, Jliistin. I promised you last Sunday evening asketch of the history of the Jews, from their restorationafter the Babylonish captivity, and the building of the secondtemple under Cyrus, to their banishment from Palestineunder Adrian, and the destruction of every fragment ofeven the foundation of the temple, under Julian the Apos-tate. But before I begin, tell me, Florence, what youknow of the captivity. Florence. The people of Israel, as the first Samaritanswere called, were carried into captivity by Salmanazar,king of Assyria, above a hundred years before the twotribes, which composed the kingdom of Judah, were con-quered by Nebuchadnezzar. Mr. Austin. These ten tribes of Israelites never returned AUSTIN HALL. 121 to Palestine. Their lands were taken possession of bycolonies of Assyrians. These strangers, in time, becameproselytes to a sort of i
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