ding in "Evenings at Home," the
story of "A friend in need, is a friend indeed."

"Mr. G. Cornish, having raised a moderate fortune, and being now
beyond the meridian of life, he felt a _strong desire_ of returning to
his native country."

S----. "How much better that is, than to say he felt an _irresistible
desire_, or an _insupportable desire_, as people sometimes say in
books."

Our pupils were always permitted to stop when they were reading loud,
to make whatever remarks they pleased upon whatever books they read.
They did not, by this method, get through so many books as other
children of their age usually do; but their taste for reading seemed
to increase rapidly. (V. Books.)

(March 8th, 1797.) H---- (14) told us that he remembered seeing, when
he was five years old, some puppets packed up by a showman in a
triangular box; "and for sometime afterwards," said H----, "when I saw
my father's triangular hat-box, I expected puppets to come out of it.
A few days ago, I met a man with a triangular box upon his head, and I
thought that there were puppets in the box."

We have taken notice of this propensity in children, to believe that
particular, are general causes; and we have endeavoured to show how it
affects the temper, and the habits of reasoning. (V. Temper, and Wit
and Judgment.)

(March 27th, 1797.) Mr. ---- showed little W----(3 years old) a watch,
and asked him if he thought that it was alive.

_W----._ "Yes."

_Mr. ----._ "Do you think that the fire is alive?"

_W----._ "Yes."

_Mr. ----._ (The child was standing at the tea table.) "Do you think
the urn is alive?"

_W----._ "No."

_Mr. ----._ "Do you think that book is alive?"

_W----._ "No."

_Mr. ----._ "The horses?"

_W----._ "Yes."

_Mr. ----._ "Do you think that the chaise is alive?"

_W----._ "Yes." Then, after looking in Mr. ----'s face, he changed his
opinion, and said _no_.

_W----_ did not seem to know what was meant by the word _alive_.

Mr. ---- called H. (5 years old) and asked her whether she thought
that the watch was alive. She at first said Yes; but, as soon as she
had time to recollect herself, she said that the watch was not alive.

This question was asked, to try whether Reid was right in his
conjecture as to the answers a child would give to such a question.
(V. Reid's Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man.)

We frequently say, that flowers, &c. are dead: we should explain to
children that there are two ki