ove may be considered as a fair specimen of the ordinary operation
of such an exercise. It is taken as an illustration, not by selection
from the large number of similar exercises which I have witnessed, but
simply because it was an exercise occurring at the time when a
description was to be written. Besides the articles quoted above, there
were thirty or forty others, which were read and commented on. The above
will, however, be sufficient to give the reader a clear idea of the
exercise, and to show what is the nature of the moral effect it is
calculated to produce.

The subjects which may be advantageously brought forward in such a way,
are of course very numerous. They are such as the following. In
connexion with each, give the suggestions as to the kind of articles to
be written, which the pupils may receive at the time the subject is
assigned.

1. DUTIES TO PARENTS. Anecdotes of good or bad conduct at home.
Questions. Cases where it is most difficult to obey. Dialogues
between parents and children. Excuses which are often made for
disobedience.

2. SELFISHNESS. Cases of selfishness any of the pupils have
observed. Dialogues they have heard exhibiting it. Questions about
its nature. Indications of selfishness.

3. FAULTS OF THE SCHOOL. Any bad practices the scholars may have
observed in regard to general deportment, recitations, habits of
study, or the scholars' treatment of one another. Each scholar may
write what is his own greatest trouble in school, and whether he
thinks any thing can be done to remove it. Any thing they think can
be improved in the management of the school by the Teacher.
Unfavorable things they have heard said about it, out of school,
though without names.

4. EXCELLENCES OF THE SCHOOL. Good practices, which ought to be
persevered in. Any little incidents the scholars may have noticed
illustrating good character. Cases which have occurred in which
scholars have done right, in temptation, or when others around were
doing wrong. Favorable reports in regard to the school, in the
community around.

5. THE SABBATH. Any thing the scholars may have known to be done on
the Sabbath which they doubt whether right or wrong. Questions in
regard to the subject. Various opinions they have heard expressed.
Difficulties they have in regard to proper ways of spending the
Sab