THIS VOLUME IS SANCTIONED, BY THE BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS, AS ONE OF THE SERIES, ENTITLED, THE SCHOOL LIBRARY,' PUBLISHED BY MARSH, CAPEN, LYON, AND WEBB.

EDWARD EVERETT,
GEORGE HULL,
EMERSON DAVIS,

EDMUND DWIGHT,

GEORGE PUTNAM,

ROBERT RANTOUL, JR.,

THOMAS ROBBINS,

JARED SPARKS,

CHARLES HUDSON,

GEORGE N. BRIGGS.

PHILOSOPHY OF THE SEASONS;

ILLUSTRATING THE PERFECTIONS OF GOD

IN THE PHENOMENA OF THE YEAR.

BY THE REV. HENRY DUNCAN, D. D.,
RUTHWELL, SCOTLAND.

WITH IMPORTANT ADDITIONS AND SOME MODIFICATIONS TO ADAPT IT TO

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1839, by

MARSH, CAPEN, LYON, AND WEBB,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

EDUCATION PRESS.

SUMMER.

"THOU CROWNEST THE YEAR WITH THY GOODNESS, AND THY PATHS DROP FATNESS. THEY DROP UPON THE PASTURES OF THE WILDERNESS; AND THE LITTLE HILLS REJOICE ON EVERY SIDE. THE PASTURES ARE CLOTHED WITH FLOCKS; THE VALLEYS ALSO ARE COVERED WITH CORN. THEY SHOUT FOR JOY; THEY ALSO SING."-Psalm 1xv.

"WHEN YOUTHFUL SPRING AROUND US BREATHES, THY SPIRIT WARMS HER FRAGRANT SIGH,

AND EVERY FLOWER THE SUMMER WREATHES,

IS BORN BENEATH THAT KINDLING EYE :

WHERE'ER WE TURN, THY GLORIES SHINE,

AND ALL THINGS FAIR AND BRIGHT ARE THINE."-Moore.