ufficient brains to care for
something a little above the penny dreadfuls, otherwise it is a bad look
out for the future men of England. Independently of libraries you can
now get books, by good writers, as cheap as sixpence--Walter Scott,
Fennimore Cooper, Maryatt, Dickens, &c. A word about books. Of course,
in books by writers such as I have mentioned you will find many things
spoken of which are wrong and ought not to be. They must write so if
stories are to be written of life as we find it, and mere goody-goody
books, which avoid all mention of such things, are unnatural, and do not
give true pictures of life. The harm of too many cheap publications, and
not only the cheap ones, is, that in speaking of these things they make
them appear unavoidable, and even worthy of praise. Good writers show
how revolting crime and evil is, how they can be overcome and resisted,
and how truth and honesty must prevail in the end. The difference
between good books and plays and bad ones is not so much the subjects
they write about as the way in which they speak of them. Some of the
cheap literature is only foolish, some is distinctly wicked, but both are
better avoided, and your time and money spent on worthier objects. Avoid
bad company, and take care that your recreations are manly and honest.

HOME DUTIES.

As soon as you begin to bear your share in the expenses of home, you will
naturally look to have your word in the arrangements thereof. From the
time that you begin to earn your own living, until the time that you make
a home for yourself, there will be certain home duties which you have no
right to neglect.

First of all, you must be ready to bear your fair share in the expenses
of the home. When first you go to work, you will probably be expected to
bring home all your money, and have a certain sum given to you for pocket
money. As you grow older, you will agree to pay a certain sum for your
board and lodging, and keep the rest for yourself. Let your payments be
such as will do a little more than actually cover the expense of what you
have. Give a thought to the general comfort of the home, and in time of
need when perhaps your father's work is slack, be ready to increase your
help, even though it may decrease your own personal comfort.

Secondly, you must acknowledge the authority of the head of the house,
and respect his wishes as to home arrangements, time for being in at
night, &c.

Thirdly. R