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noxious character, prepared to work, by every crafty device, the will of his masters; and that their firm and honest rejection of this unfit associate, was revenged by the withdrawal of a government grant! At every step of the history I am met by such coincidences, that, remembering the years of the right hand of the Most High, and His work in former times, despondency gives place to glowing hope, rendered still brighter by the sweet conviction that the present trial finds our Protestant brethren far better armed with spiritual weapons than their fathers were, who trusted too much in the arm of flesh, and hasted to battle rather than to prayer. The poor little coin, henceforth to be cherished as a special prize, was struck to supersede the worthless currency of king James' pewter and tin: it has passed, no doubt, through hands that were raised in joyous thanksgiving; and I will preserve it, fearless of gunpowder plots, a token of what shall yet be done, when the Lord ariseth to plead his people's cause, and to vindicate the glory of his insulted name.

C. E.

ORIGINAL LETTERS FROM MRS. HANNAH

MORE.

LETTER V.

From Mrs. H. More, to Miss

Barley Wood, Sept. 2, 1817.

MY DEAR YOUNG FRIEND,

I RECEIVED Your kind letter with much pleasure, and beg you will not judge of my regard for you by the infrequency of my answers: my engagements are so many, that I can rarely indulge myself in gratifying my own inclination. I have been lately engaged in the very dull work of correcting my whole eighteen volumes for a new edition. Figure to yourself what a dry business it is, to alter points and particles, and to adjust mis-placed semicolons!

I am glad you have been entertained with Coelebs. I have lately received a present from Vienna of a German translation of it, and from Paris of a French one. I just hear that the latter is now sold in London, chiefly for the purpose of supplying safe French reading for young persons. The mention made above of eighteen volumes is, I think, a complete answer to the report of my being employed in writing the life of St. Peter. This, I assure you, is not the case; I am, in fact, tired of writing, and I should

imagine that the world is tired of me. I continue, however, to wish I could see it undertaken by a far more able hand than mine, and this you will say may easily be found.

I was indeed exceedingly pleased with Miss Sinclair's letter, and hope it may be of use in promoting the interests of religion among persons of the higher class, especially the young. I was much gratified by the kind visit of Mr. and Mrs. and I hope you will be gratified at their introducing themselves, as grandpapa, &c., to my correspondent. I hope you will one day introduce me to your still nearer connexions, whenever Providence brings you this way. You would, I think, have liked to be with us, about a month ago, at our Bible anniversary. It was held as usual in the adjoining village. The Bishop of Gloucester, and Thady Connellan were, in their different ways, very interesting as speakers. We had forty clergymen of the establishment.. After the meeting broke up, the superior part of the company, by previous invitation, repaired to Barley Wood. We entertained a hundred and one at dinner, and nearly two hundred at tea. Happily, it was a particularly favourable day as to weather, so as to enable us to dine half our company under the trees, as our moderate-sized rooms would have been quite unequal to their accommodation. It was very pleasing to see the company ranging themselves in groups about the grounds, it had all the gaiety of a public garden without its dangers. You will believe that at my time of life, and indifferent health, nothing short of the great cause would have induced me to encounter voluntarily so much fatigue. It went off very well, and every one had the good nature to seem pleased.

I hope Mrs. was pleased with Mr. Wilson's Sermons. I think they are excellent. I am made quite rich in the number of valuable sermons I have lately received as presents, from their respective authors, among some of the best of which I reckon Mr. Gallaudet's, which I should recommend more strongly if he had not been pleased to dedicate them to me, which renders my commendation rather a matter of delicacy.

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But I must not indulge myself in talking to you any longer, as I recollect there is no Mr. home to whom to inclose it. With my best respects to your mamma, and kind regards to the young ladies, I remain, my dear Miss Esther,

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My present letter is to allude to philosophical pursuits. Start not at the proposed subject. know that it has been said that a woman's geography should be confined to a thorough knowledge of every hole and corner of the house in which she dwells; her chemistry, to a good acquaintance with cookery; and her skill in languages, to a discreet and moderate use of her own; but I would take the liberty of assuring the author of this anonymous saying that he is not in the least aware of the immense importance of giving the helpmates of man their due share of useful information; and the impossibility, while they are deprived of this, that they should rightly perform their peculiar duties; and I believe that all truly sensible and intelligent men are the first to admit that it is not the interest of the one half of the species that the other half should be kept in a state of mental degradation.

I follow a judicious author, in assuring you that the cultivation of every kind of knowledge is necessary for the full developement of the faculties. It gives the power of surveying a given subject on

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