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NDER this head may be ranked all thoe accomplihments which merely render the peron attractive; and thoe half-learnt ones which do not improve the mind. "A little learning of any kind is a dangerous thing;" and o far from making a peron pleaing, it has the contrary effect.

Parents have motly ome weighty weighty buines in hand, which they make a pretext to themelves for neglecting the arduous tak of educating their children; they are therefore ent 8