spring of duty towards our neighbours and
ourselves, and that the grace of God is necessary to make the best
resolutions practically operative in the life?

We will now give our readers a specimen of the tales by which the
lessons of the manual are illustrated and enforced. It shall be taken
from the section entitled _Society_, the second subsection of which is
as follows:--

'FREEDOM OF LABOUR.

'In France; labour is free; every one employs, as he
pleases, his intelligence and his arms.

'You may choose any profession you please; but everybody
else has the same right as yourself.

'Competition is therefore permitted; never complain of
competition.

'If you hinder your neighbour from working as he pleases,
you may yourself be hindered in like manner.

'Competition excites the workman to do his best and at the
cheapest rate.

'Thus competition is advantageous to all. _Never ask Society
to interfere with the freedom of labour, but work hard
yourself._'

These wholesome lessons on competition are illustrated by the following
tale:--

GREGORY'S VIEWS ON COMPETITION.

'Our friend Gregory is a good husband; but he sometimes has
little arguments with his wife.

'The other day, Mrs. Gregory was angry, because she had
found out that a shoemaker was going to establish himself in
the village. "What do we want another shoemaker for," said
she "when you and I are here already? The Government ought
to prevent such things."

'Gregory, who was at his work, lifted his head and said:
"The Government ought to prevent women from talking
nonsense. Suppose that I was the shoemaker who had just
established himself in the village; what would you say if
any one interfered with my carrying on my trade? You would
not be very well pleased, I fancy."

'He then explained to his wife the necessity of competition.

'"There is plenty of work for everybody," said he. "If there
had been already two or three shoemakers in the place, this
new fellow would not have come to settle here. He would have
seen that there was nothing for him to do. I am surprised
that no competing shoemaker has come here before. You know
very well that we have sometimes to refuse work, and that
there are people in the village who have to go to the town
to get their shoes. Beyo