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stratagem, when the mother relieved him by thinking of an expedient. 'Here, Jenny,' cried she, winking at her daughter, and pretending to put money into her hand; 'here; rin to the shop, and buy the bairn an apple. Mak' haste, now.' Then taking him on her knee, she sang LULLABY to him, till, exhausted by his exertions, he fell fast asleep, and was safely lodged in bed. 'Had this child been properly brought up,' said I to myself, how much easier would it have been to have settled all this mighty affair by a single look of authority, and how much better, too, both for his head and heart!" But I could not let the present occasion pass, without seri- ously admonishing my relatives on the impropriety of such conduct towards their children.  I have already taken frequent opportunities, said I, of making you acquainted with my ideas respecting the proper method of training your children at home, but it is of so much impor- tance that you should have correct views on this subject, that I could not feel satisfied were I to neglect this opportunity of repeating them. This is the more necessary, as I have by my illness been prevented from committing my thoughts to writing as I intended. The great difficulty in the education of children, as it seems to me, is to hit the proper medium between gentleness and severity. Harshness breaks and sours the temper; too much indulgence enfeebles the mind, or sets the passions loose from all restraint. Let it be your constant aim, therefore, to hold the reins of authority with s gentle but steady hand.