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 satisfaction to your parents, but to none more than to—Your most affectionate brother.

Dear Mamma,—The great pleasure I see other young ladies take in the study of arithmetic, and the advantage it seems to give them in conversation, render me desirous to be similarly accomplished. I throw myself with confidence on the kindness of my dear and ever indulgent mamma, to favour me in this particular, and flatter myself that her approbation of my proficiency in this branch of education, will be equal to that she was pleased to bestow on me in the last holidays, and which contributed so much to the felicity of—My dear mamma’s most dutiful and affectionate daughter.

My dear Son,—It cannot fail to give me great concern and anxiety to hear that you are lately fallen into bad company, keep late hours, and give great uneasiness to your master, by breaking the rules of the family. When he expostulates with you on this occasion, I am told you return pert and bold answers; and instead of promising, or endeavouring to amend, you repeat the offence. You have entered, it seems, into clubs and societies of young fellows, who despise all good examples, and make such persons as would do their duty, the subject of their ridicule, as persons of narrow minds, who have not the courage to act with the spirit they do. On this occasion, however, I must expostulate with you, and set before you the evil consequences attending your present conduct. In the first place, what do you mean by breaking the rules of a family you have bound yourself by contract to