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 to chool, and the allowance for them is o low, that the peron who undertakes the charge mut have more than he can poibly attend to; of coure, the mechanical parts of education can only be oberved. I have known children who could repeat things in the order they learnt them, that were quite at a los when put out of the beaten track. If the undertanding is not exercied, the memory will be employed to little purpoe.

Girls learn omething of muic, drawing, and geography; but they do not know enough to engage their attention, and render it an employment of the mind. If they can play over a few