ittle boy who is unluckily standing next him.

"What a spectacle!" says the master to himself, as he looks at this sad
display. "What shall I do?" The first impulse is, to break forth upon
them at once, with all the artillery of reproof, and threatening, and
punishment. I have seen, in such a case, a scolding and frowning master
walk up and down before such a class, with a stern and angry air,
commanding this one to stand back, and that to come forward, ordering
one boy to put down his book, and scolding at a second for having lost
his place, and knocking the knees of another with his rule, because he
was out of the line. The boys scowl at their teacher, and, with
ill-natured reluctance, they obey, just enough to escape punishment.

Another teacher looks calmly at the scene, and says to himself, "What
shall I do to remove effectually these evils? If I can but interest the
boys in reform, it will be far more easy to effect it, than if I attempt
to accomplish it by the mere exercise of my authority."

In the meantime, things go on, during the reading, in their own way. The
teacher simply _observes_. He is in no haste to commence his operations.
He looks for the faults; watches, without seeming to watch, the
movements which he is attempting to control. He studies the materials
with which he is to work, and lets their true character develope itself.
He tries to find something to approve in the exercise, as it proceeds,
and endeavors to interest the class, by narrating some fact, connected
with the reading, or making some explanation which interests the boys.
At the end of the exercise, he addresses them, perhaps, as follows:

"I have observed, boys, in some military companies, that the officers
are very strict, requiring implicit and precise obedience. The men are
required to form a precise line." (Here there is a sort of involuntary
movement all along the line, by which, it is very sensibly
straightened.) "They make all the men stand erect," (At this word, heads
go up, and straggling feet draw in, all along the class,) "in the true
military posture. They allow nothing to be done in the ranks, but to
attend to the exercise," (John hastily crowds his apple into his
pocket,) "and thus they regulate every thing, in exact and steady
discipline, so that all things go on in a most systematic and scientific
manner. This discipline is so admirable in some countries, especially in
Europe, where much greater attention is paid to mi