can be done with a whole ? If an apple be divided into two parts, a second apple into four, and a third into eight parts, which parts will be the largest, those of the first, of the second, or of the third apple? What does the idler detest, and what the impatient dislike? What do the industrious not shun? What causes weariness? (want of useful employment.) Who is talkative? Whom do we call a coward? Whom do you call stout and robust ? How should a child feel after having behaved ill? (ashamed; sorry.) How should he feel after being reproved, and put in the right way? (thankful.) What should you call a well-educated child? (diligent, fond of learning, obliging, modest, obedient.) What should you say of a lion, and of a dog? of a lamb, of a wolf? of a snail, of a deer? of the juice of a sloe, and that of a fig? of the wood of a fir-tree, and that of an oak? What is the appearance of Nature in spring, and what in winter? &c. If you wish to know what is the height from the floor to the ceiling, what would you be obliged to measure? Describe the situation of this room; mention by what it is bounded on each side, in what story, or on what floor, and whether in the front or back part of the house. Describe the yard; for instance, the stables, barns, poultry-houses, offices, its entrance and outlets, its boundaries, figure, and dimensions, whether the surface be even or uneven, elevated or low, paved or unpaved, &c. Give a description of a garden well known to you, stating its boundaries, the direction of its principal walks, whether they cross each other; the smaller paths that branch out from them, the position of its trees, and of what sort, the form of its beds, &c. At table, a variety of useful questions may be asked, leading to instructive and interesting conversations. Of what is bread made? Can you mention the different operations necessary to be performed before a loaf is brought to the table? What share in it has the farmer, the labourer, the miller? &c. But who sends rain after the corn is sown, and makes the sun shine to ripen it? Who sends fruitful seasons, filling our hearts with joy and gladness? &c. "And still Thy rain descends, Thy sun is glowing, Fruits ripen round, flow'rs are beneath us blowing, And, as if man were some deserving creature, What implements are used? Are any animals employed? &c. Who can mention the different colours on the table? who can name them in Greek, in Latin, in German, in French? &c. What do you observe rising from the urn? What is on the inside of the lid of the tea-pot? &c. Who can mention the animal, vegetable, mineral productions on the table? &c. Is there any thing solid on the table, that on being put into a fluid would gradually dissolve and entirely disappear? Where does it come from? Did you ever hear that many hardships are suffered by the people who are employed to cultivate the sugarplantations? That they are in a state of slavery? Do you think that they are as happy as the labourers in England? William can tell you Mrs. Sherwood's history of little Dazee, which interested him so much last year. "Man's inhumanity to Man, Makes countless thousands mourn." I have heard of some little boys and girls giving up the use of sugar when they were told how cruelly the poor negroes were treated. "Has God then given its sweetness to the cane, Did you ever hear of the name of Wilberforce? Remind me this evening, and I will tell you what pains this great and good man took to lessen their misery. "Canst thou, and honour'd with a Christian name, Buy what is woman-born, and feel no shame; You shall at a future time hear some passages from Clarkson's interesting account of the labour, money, and time bestowed, and the opposition encountered, by the friends of humanity, in their efforts to procure the abolition of this disgraceful traffic. Among the most conspicuous of these was Granville Sharp *, who was one of the first to feel and * Life of Granville Sharp, by Prince Hoare. notice the wrongs of the poor Africans, and nobly to exert himself in their cause. When you can read the account of this excellent man, you will see that his life was devoted to acts of extensive utility and benevolence; and I hope you will not rest satisfied with approving and admiring, but that you will also endeavour to imitate. "We have no slaves at home.-Then why abroad? There is no feeling of the heart that is more acceptable to God, than an ardent love to all mankind, wishing for and endeavouring to promote their happiness by every means in our power. "No works shall find acceptance in that day, |