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Samuel Griswold Goodrich (b. 1793, d. 1860) was born in Ridgefield, Conn. Mr. Goodrich is best known as "Peter Parley," under which assumed name he commenced the publication of a series of juvenile works about 1827. He edited "Parley's Magazine" from 1841 to 1854. He was appointed United States consul for Paris in 1848, and held that office four years. He was a voluminous writer, and his works are interesting and popular. His “Recollections of a Lifetime” was published in 1857, and "Peter Parley's Own Story" the year after his death. 1. THE, sun has sunk behind the hills,
FIFTH READER. 109 2. The chattering jay has ceased his din,
3. The sunlit cloud floats dim and pale;
4. The rose, so ruddy in the light,
5. The bat may wheel on silent wing,
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