5. Having these powerful spirits obedient to his will, Prospero could, by their means, command the winds and the waves of the sea. By his orders they raised a violent storm, in the midst of which, and struggling with the wild sea waves, that every moment threatened to swallow it up, he showed his daughter a fine large ship, which, he told her, was full of living beings like themselves. "Oh, my dear father," said she, "if by your art you have raised this dreadful storm, have pity on their sad distress. See! the vessel will be dashed to pieces! Poor souls! they will all perish. If I had power, I would sink the sea beneath the earth, rather than that the good ship should be destroyed, with all the precious souls within her!” 6. "Be not so amazed, daughter Miranda," said Prospero; "there is no harm done. I have so ordered it that no person in the ship shall receive any hurt. What I have done has been in care of you, my dear child. You are ignorant who you are, or where you came from; and you know no more of me, but that I am your father, and live in this poor cave. Can you remember a time before you came to this cell? I think you can not, for you were then not three years of age." 7. "Certainly I can, sir," replied Miranda. "By what?" asked Prospero; "by any other house, or person? Tell me what you can remember, my child." Miranda said: "It seems to me like the recollection of a dream; but had I not once four or five women who attended upon me?" Prospero answered: "You had, and more. How is it that this still lives in your mind? Do you remember how you came here?" 66 "No, sir," said Miranda; "I remember nothing more." 8. "Twelve years ago, Miranda," continued Prospero, "I was Duke of Milan, and you were a princess and my only heir. I had a younger brother, whose name was Antonio, to whom I trusted everything; and, as I was fond of retirement and deep study, I commonly left the management of my state affairs to your uncle, my false brother (for so, indeed, he proved). I, neglecting all worldly ends, buried among my books, did dedicate my whole time to the bettering of my mind. 9. "My brother Antonio, being thus in possession of my power, began to think himself the duke indeed. The opportunity I gave him of making himself popular among my subjects awakened in his bad nature a proud ambition to deprive me of my dukedom. This he soon effected with the aid of the King of Naples, a powerful prince, who was my enemy." "Wherefore," said Miranda, "did they not that hour destroy us?" 10. "My child," answered her father, "they durst not, so dear was the love that my people bore me. Antonio carried us on board a ship, and, when we were some leagues out at sea, forced us into a small boat, without either tackle, sail, or mast. There he left us, as he thought, to perish; but a kind lord of my court, one Gonzalo, who loved me, had privately placed in the boat water, provisions, apparel, and some books, which I prize above my dukedom." "Oh, my father," said Miranda, "what a trouble I must have been to you then!" 11. "No, my love," said Prospero; "you were a little cherub that did preserve me. Your innocent smiles made me bear up against my misfortunes. Our food lasted till we landed on this desert island, since which time my chief delight has been in teaching you, Miranda; and well have you profited by my instructions." "Heaven thank you, my dear father!" said Miranda. "Now, pray tell me, sir, your reason for raising this sea storm." 66 Know, then," said her father, "that by means of this storm my enemies, the King of Naples and my cruel brother, are cast ashore upon this island." 12. Having so said, Prospero gently touched his daughter with his magic wand, and she fell fast asleep; for the spirit Ariel just then presented himself before his master to give an account of the tempest, and how he had disposed of the ship's company; and, though the spirits were always invisible to Miranda, Prospero did not choose she should hear him holding converse, as would seem to her, with the empty air. FOR PREPARATION.-I. This, and the following selections from the "Tales from Shakespeare," written by Charles Lamb and his sister Mary, give the greater part of the story forming the plot of Shakespeare's "Tempest." There are difficult passages in the piece, but the study necessary to master them will be rewarded. Some pupils, perhaps, will be induced to read at a future time the great drama of Shakespeare itself. II. Is'-land (i'-), chief'-ly, mis'-chie-vous (-che-vus), eom-pěl'-ling, dread'-ful, heir (âr), bur'-ied (běr'-), lēagueş (lēgz), troŭ'-ble, a-gainst' (-genst), wand, Pròs'-pe-ro, Sye'-o-răx, A'-ri-el, Mil'-an, Gon-zä'-lo. III. Make a list of the action-words in the first two paragraphs, and write out four forms of each (e. g., is, are, was, being; comes, come, came, coming; has, have, had, having; lives, live, lived, living; makes, make, made, making). IV. Apartments, chance, enchanted, witch, obedient, sprite, tormenting, "owed grudge,” misshapen, ape, inherited, invisible, threatened, perish, precious, amazed, harm, recollection, "state affairs," dedicate, possession, popular, subjects, ambition, apparel, prize, cherub, preserve, converse. V. "Treated of magic" (treated of an art which pretended to control the forces of nature). "A study much affected" (then much in fashion). "Four or five women who attended upon me" (7). Note the statement above (1), "had no memory of having seen," etc. XLI. THE TEMPEST (Continued). 1. "Well, my brave spirit," said Prospero to Ariel, "how have you performed your task?" Ariel gave a lively description of the storm, and of the terrors of the mariners; and how the king's son, Ferdinand, was the first who leaped into the sea, and his father thought he saw this dear son swallowed up by the waves and lost. "But he is safe," said Ariel, "in a corner of the isle, sitting with his arms folded sadly, lamenting the loss of the king his father, whom he concludes drowned. Not a hair of his head is injured; and his princely garments, though drenched in the sea waves, look fresher than before." 3. "That's my delicate Ariel!" said Prospero. "Bring him hither: my daughter must see this young prince. Where are the king and my brother?" "I left them," answered Ariel, "searching for Ferdinand, whom they have little hopes of finding, thinking they saw him perish. Of the ship's crew, not one is missing, though each one thinks himself the only one saved; and the ship, though invisible to them, is safe in the harbor." 3. "Ariel," said Prospero, "thy charge is faithfully performed; but there is yet more work." "Is there more work?" said Ariel. "Let me remind you, master, you have promised me my liberty. I pray, |