tered the statue-yard; the solemn appearance of the masters in gowns; his own apprehensions of the examination that was to follow; and how instantly they were removed by the calm dignity and encouraging smiles of the headmaster, a tall majestic man, of grave deportment; who having several of his own sons around him, spoke to him as if he was added to the number; and he already felt that he should delight to obey him, as he appeared to govern by love rather than terror. He was a little worried by the number of times he was asked his name; but he considered every boy he met as a certain friend, and resolved never to be tired of repeating it, and never felt before the comfort of not being ashamed of it. His chart was invaluable to him; for when home would rush into his head, with all its peace and all its blessings, he flew to his chart, and studied

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studied the shoals that lay in his way, now he had lost his skilful pilot. read some every night before he went to bed; he felt then as if he was still at home, till he went to sleep. After inquiring for the arbour, the rabbits, and the bed of roses, he remembered to every individual by name, assured his old nurse that he had not wet his feet, made some facetious remarks upon the size of his study, reckoned the number of weeks till he should return; and if he was not yet reconciled to his change of scene, the fault was his own, for he met with no difficulties or hardships of any sort whatever.

Fanny, to whom this letter was directed, kept it in her hand most part of the day, and asked both Pneumanee and her mamma, if it was not the best letter they ever read? The mother's eye sparkled with joy, and Pneumanee said, she expected from Charles every B 2 thing

thing that was right; she had always found his heart in the right place; she was sure he would make a great many friends; his cheerful candid manner expresses at once so much ease and liberality, that you are pleased with him before you know him; and to hear him laugh, is certainly to laugh yourself, though you know not the subject of his merriment.

"It is certainly true," she said, "that wisdom lies more. in the heart than the head; it is not the want of knowledge, but the perverseness of the will, that makes people both disorderly and wicked."

Lucy entered with some paste and a strip of paper, to ask Fanny's leave to paste it over the arbour in the garden. It was, "Let none enter this arbour, who do not love Charles as well as Fanny and I do." They all smiled, and asked Lucy how many she meant

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to exclude of the family? None, she believed, for they all loved him; but it would put him in their mind when they might not think of him else. "How came you to think of it, Lucy ?"-" Oh mamma, don't you remember that Alexander Severus had a crier to say, Let none enter these walls, unless he is conscious of a pure and innocent mind;' and I have always determined to have that written over every house I may have."—"And do you expect, my dear, to see a great deal of company?"—"To be sure I do," she said; "for my furniture shall not be too good to use; and I mean to give consequence to my house, and not my house give dignity to me."-"You need not have it very large, I believe, my dear," said Pneumanee. "Oh no," she said, unconscious of her meaning, "there is nothing so melancholy as a great house with two enormous wings,

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and a small family not half big enough to fill the centre; I heard Papa and Mr. Mowbray describe the folly of that so much, that I never should run into it; they said, your successor would like rather to add to a house to make it larger, than to have half of it to pull down, because it was too big for comfort. It was better to have a house too small for a day than too large for a year."

The Miss Volatiles came in almost breathless, with "Dear Fanny, what do you think? I am wild with joy, delightful joy; I declare I believe it is a dream. Is it a dream, Mary?"—“Oh no; why you have the letter in your pocket, show it to Fanny."-"Yes, I will; Oh no, I can't show it, you know; some inferences may be drawn from it that I should not like-I will tell you as soon as I can speak-I am so tired, we came so fast, I can scarcely

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