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 *ence by laudable industry and meritorious exertion, devoted her time and talents to the superintendance of a boarding school. She was now returned to her father's, the favourite companion of his declining years, the partner of his amusements, the minister of his bounties, the attendant of his excursions, and often the associate of his studies. Miss Wentbridge was well acquainted with the best British authors, and a very competent judge of their respective merits. She was particularly fond of history, then beginning to form so brilliant a portion of her country's literature. She inherited from her father a very high admiration of British efforts in the various departments of ability and exertion. She admired the national heroism; often listened with delight to her father's descriptions of the ardent struggles for independence, which repelled the operose