when a girl grows dirty in her person, she generally becomes careless about her behaviour too; so that decency of appearance has a good deal to do with decency of conduct. There should, however, be no foolish finery, and no pride of dress, but there should be cleanliness and neatness; whole clothes, and "a stitch in time." FOR want of a nail the shoe was lost, THE ENGLISH CHILD. I thank the goodness and the grace 11. I was not born, as thousands are, My God, I thank thee, who hast plann'd And placed me in this happy land, A SCHOOL BOY'S RESOLVES. 1. Never to quarrel with my schoolfellows, but to try to be kind to them, and to do them all the good I can. 2. Never to use any ill words, or to call my school-fellows any names that I know will vex them. This is unkind. I should not like it myself; and I should do to others, as I would wish them to do to me. 3. Never to tell lies, or to use any kind of deceit, but to speak the plain truth, in simple honesty. 4. Never to plague and vex any dumb animals, or put them wantonly to any kind of pain. 5. To think of the name of the Almighty with great reverence, and never to use it in idle and careless conversation. 6. To be always doing something, and never to waste my time in idleness. 7. To take care to go to school in od time; and, when I am there, to try to get all the learning and improvement I can. 8. To be thankful to my Instructors for the pains they take with me, and to pay them attention and respect. 9. Never to neglect my prayers at the regular times; and to remember my Creator at other parts of the day; to thank Him for the good that I enjoy, and to look up to Him for help in the time of trouble. 10. Never to talk in the Church, but to consider well what I am about; to offer up my prayers as if I felt that I was addressing my Father who is in heaven; and to listen to the Lessons which are read, and to the Sermon which is preached, for the sake of gaining knowledge and improvement. MAXIMS. What nothing earthly gives or can destroy, The soul's calm sunshine, and the heartfelt joy, Is Virtue's prize. Absent or dead, still let a friend be dear, A sigh the absent claims, the dead a tear. Good-nature and good sense should ever join; is human-to forgive divine. NATURAL HISTORY. THE SQUIRREL. NATURAL HISTORY is a very pleasant, as well as a very useful, study: we intend, therefore, in every number of this little book, to give a short account of the manners and habits of some animal; and we shall begin with the SQUIRREL. The squirrel is about the size of a small rabbit, with shorter ears, and a beautiful bushy tail, which spreads like a fan, and, when thrown up, covers the whole body. It is a very beautiful and gentle little animal;--and that must be a very cruel school-boy who would use it ill! Its food consists of fruits, nuts, and and it is cleanly, active, and Acorns industrious, just as all boys, and girls, and men, and women, should be. It is very pretty to see it sitting upon its hind legs, and using its fore paws like hands. It lives chiefly on trees, and jumps with surprising activity from one branch to another. It does not, however, waste all its time in jumping and skipping, and sitting in pretty attitudes; but it is a very prudent and thoughtful animal, and it takes care to collect a supply of provisions in the autumn, which it lays by against the time of winter, when it can find no food. It builds its nest in trees, just where the large branches begin to fork off into small ones: this nest is built with moss, and twigs, and dry leaves: these the clever little animal binds together with great art, so as to make a safe shelter against the weather. It leaves only a small opening at the top; and even this it secures by a sort of covering, or umbrella, pointed something like a sugar loaf, which keeps off all the rain from the nest. Here the animal finds a shelter for itself and its young |