sively classical; this fault proceeds from the Useful Education system itself, and not from the want of it. The Classic who is a stranger to modern literature, has received only a partial discipline of his mind. He cannot have formed a true standard of taste or judgment; and as to the amount of his knowledge, he has only a foundation for general literature, it yet remains to raise the superstructure. In every instance in which I have met with

mere Classics," I have found them better acquainted with classical language than with classical literature, and that their education has been of the illiberal character that I have described.

The course of study which has been followed and commended even to the close of their lives by almost every man eminent in literature in the whole world, which has formed the mind of Addison, Pope, H. Walpole, the Grenvilles, Pitt, Fox, Burke, Canning, Wellesley, and nearly all the foremost at the Bar, or in the Senate, must not be deemed unfit for the duties of life, because here and there you find a Dominie Sampson. Any other line of study would, and does, produce the same anomalies. I know an instance of a man of great taste, who is reputed in the literary world as unequalled in the extent and the variety of his knowledge of the English language, yet so little does he care to be informed of the topics of the day, that his friends used to say that he enquired how the Reform Bill was going on three months after it had passed.

PART II.

Or Schools and Schoolmasters I have already hinted that there are numerous varieties. To say nothing of village dames, who, as Shenstone

says,

"Boast unruly brats with birch to tame,"

schools for the sons of professional men vary in price from £20 a year in Yorkshire, to £200 in Brighton, and other favoured spots. They vary in names, with all the changes of Seminary, Academy, Institution, Grammar School, Commercial School, College, &c. These terms, so inviting to an enquiring mind, are advertised sometimes on wide brass plates, sometimes on yet wider painted boards, sometimes on sign posts, informing the traveller that some lane which would seem to lead nowhere, is the way to "Healthful Villa," or "Salubrious Hall," "a Preparatory," or "Finishing School for Young Gentlemen." But, with all these varieties, there is one particular, as every fond and anxious parent would do well to remember, in which they all agree, namely, that the education they offer is a means to an end; this end being a comfortable livelihood for the master, his wife and family. This of course is the object with which every man opens a school. Many gain a fondness for teach

ing, and are led on by the love of it. And very many, as I can attest, in kindly sympathy to their pupils, extend their labours even beyond the limits of strict duty. But this disinterested conduct must not enter into any parent's calculation. He should consider, the advantages must be mutual, and not expect anxious care and diligence to be exerted for his Son, unless both by the amount of remuneration and other means, often more persuasive than money, the master has cause to look up to him as contributing to the serenity and satisfaction of his own mind, as well as of adding materially to the comforts and conveniences of himself and family. For, with schools as with trades, a good supply can only be obtained by a good price, and the kind and courteous enjoy a preference. These remarks will naturally suggest the question;

What is the amount of remuneration and what other means of persuasion are there which will induce a competent master to give all requisite attention to a pupil ?

This must of course depend first on the degree. of excellence not only in mere knowledge, but in refinement of taste, elegance of manner, and general character as a good Christian man; secondly, on the degree of attention, whether only a stated number of hours are required for instruction, or whether you think it indispensable that the master should make himself the companion of his pupil, and thus exercise a much more extensive influence. But since every parent will raise his

demand both for acquirements and for attention on the part of a master in proportion to his estimate of the extent to which they will positively affect the welfare of his son, I humbly offer the benefit of my opinion-an opinion founded on no little experience and observation-that a man of superior attainment, who gives his mind as much to the subject of education as a good Physician to medicine, an eminent Barrister to law, or an exemplary Rector to the spiritual welfare of his parish, may, if God will bless the work, prepare a child of only average capacity for the enjoyment of more intellectual resources, and to compete successfully for the wealth and honours of this life, with many whose natural qualifications are generally considered to set all but the favoured few utterly at defiance. Talented competitors may chance to have high advantages also: still, in spite of all improvement I can anticipate, I believe these advantages to be so rare, and that so wide a field for improvement will still lie open, that I do not hesitate to encourage parents with the promise, that if they will judiciously co-operate with men of high ability, and liberally reward them for their exertions, they will rarely fail of the deep satisfaction which a parent derives from a consciousness of superior mental endowments in his son. I repeat that there are few parents who have not this blessing for their children at command, and I believe, and humbly hope that my pen, at the present moment, may be contributing to excite many to pursue these blessings, and may help many to attain them. Often

have I been struck with the fond wishes that parents with money at their command have expressed, that by any sacrifice they could enjoy the same comfort as their friends in witnessing the literary acquirements and habits of their sons. Often have I been tempted to say, as I do now by these pages, that these are wishes that wealth has very often the power to gratify. "Then how should the wealthy proceed?" "What is the error that all the world commit, and you propose to amend?" Not one parent in a thousand makes choice of an instructor, who, with originality of thought, and refinement of taste, combines a disposition in unison with the feelings of youth, and a practical knowledge of the right system of education. Such a choice is rarely made, not that men of talent and well-formed minds may not be found, but that parents are rarely willing to offer sufficient remuneration to induce such men to undertake the duties of education; and for this reason,-that few parents have the slightest conception either of the exertion required on the part of a master of the highest order, or of the benefits that their sons may receive. Yet one simple narrative in which I engage to draw, not on fiction, but on facts, will do more than anything I can say to shew the nature and the value of good instruction, and the remuneration it deserves.

The Rev. S. C. had taken a high degree at Oxford, been a master in a public school, and finally married and took pupils. One was a boy