is no excuse for doing wrong. We
would advise him to go to school, and there improve his time, and learn
to do better. We hope he will take our advice, and that we shall soon
have the pleasure of hearing that he has become a better boy.

[Illustration: THE SCHOOL ROOM.]

THE SCHOOL ROOM.

Here are little heads well fill'd,
Some in learning greatly skill'd;
Yet examine every face,
Pleasure only you can trace.

Yes, this is a school room, where little boys and girls are taught to
spell, to read and to write. On the left hand side of the picture you
may see the school master busily engaged in preparing the copy books for
the boys. In the front part of the room you can see the monitor
examining the writing of one of the boys. Thus the masters set a good
example for industry. And we are glad to see the little boys ready to
follow it. They also are all busily engaged in their studies. All! did
we say? Alas! there are two who are mischievously playing. Do you not
see them? We are sorry that they should be found breaking the rules of
the school, while the other boys are studying their lessons, and
improving their minds.

[Illustration: JANE THOMPSON.]

JANE THOMPSON.

This is Jane Thompson; and I wish I could say that she was a good girl.
But her looks and actions show that she is very far from being good. She
is fretful and peevish, and when her mamma told her that it was time for
little folks to go to bed, she began to whine and pout, and said she did
not wish to go to bed then--she did not wish to go until nurse went.

No good child would have behaved in this manner, on being told that it
was bed-time. Oh, no. Good children are ever ready to obey their
parents, and cheerfully go to bed when their parents wish. What is there
more lovely than an obedient child! Let every little girl and boy learn
this beautiful verse. I will soon give you some others.

My father, my mother, I know
I cannot your kindness repay;
But I hope, that as older I grow,
I shall learn your commands to obey.

[Illustration: THE PASSIONATE BOY.]

THE PASSIONATE BOY.

Ah, lack-a-day! what's the matter now? Mary took your knife to fix her
doll, did she? Well, was there any thing very bad in that? Surely not.
You are making a terrible noise about a very little matter.

Yes, because this little girl had used her brother's knife, he became
very angry. And now you may see him violently throwing his s