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286 ; for we now rarely ee a imple, bahful boy, though few people of tate were ever diguted by that awkward heepihnes o natural to the age, which chools and an early introduction into ociety, have changed into impudence and apih grimace.

Yet, how can thee things be remedied whilt chool-maters depend entirely on parents for a ubitence; and when o many rival chools hang out their lures, to catch the attention of vain fathers and mothers, whoe parental affection only leads them to wih that their children hould outhine thoe of their neighbours?

Without great good luck, a enible, concientious man, would tarve before he could raie a chool, if he didained to bubble weak parents by practiing the ecret tricks of the craft.

In the bet regulated chools, however; where warms are not crammed together, many bad habits mut be acquired; but, at common chools, the body, heart, and undertanding, are equally tunted, for parents are often only in quet of the cheapet chool, and the mater could not live, if he did not take a much greater number than he could manage himelf; nor will the canty pittance, allowed for each child, permit him to hire uhers ufficient to ait in the dicharge of the mechanical part of the buines. Beides, whatever appearance the houe and garden may make, the children do not enjoy the comfort of either, for they are continually reminded by irkome retrictions that they are not at home, and the tate-rooms, garden, &c. mut be kept in order for the recreation of the parents; who, of a Sunday,&ensp;