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14 brought up without the necessary exercise of the muscles, the blood so constantly forced from the heart is carried to the brain, which is thereby stimulated to undue exertion. Indications of extraordinary mental ability are thus engendered, and the delighted parents, solacing them­selves with the belief that time will work wonders in their daughter's behalf, and that her mental powers will compensate for her physical debility, determine on sending her to boarding-school, in order that her mind may be properly cultivated—forgetful or ignorant of the wise maxim enunciated by the ancient philosopher, who truly said that a sound mind could only exist in a healthy body. Fond, though mis­takenly fond as the mother may be, she cheerfully parts with her child, and consigns her to the care of strangers, at a period when all her efforts should have been directed to the repression of what we may truly call a morbid cerebral activity. , and this is proved by its anxiety to relieve the monotony of study by a hearty laugh, or a healthy scamper through the fields. Believe me, that children should not be compelled to study, until the equilibrium between the body and mind has been perfectly established; and the instances in which an infant prodigy has in maturer years fulfilled the promise of its youth are few indeed. No! they have been like hot­house plants, forced to yield their blossoms before the time for flowering had arrived, and whilst their hardier but later neighbours are strong and healthy, these victims of early culture are falling into decay, and repay­ing the pains taken in their development by an early death. *

Arrived at school, let us now inquire into the method by which these latent energies and talents are to be matured. To do this effectually, it will be necessary to review the means and appliances which are brought to bear upon female education; and in doing this we are well aware that many ladies conducting such establishments are unremitting in their endeavours to promote the health and happiness of their pupils, and attribute many of the evils of that system to the extreme anxiety of parents to see their children eclipse their fellow students by the multiplicity and brilliancy of their acquirements. The