PART I. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION. HARRIET REECE, A TALE. THE DUTIES OF A HOUSEKEEPER EXPLAINED. THE POOR SAILOR OF ILFRACOMB, A TRUE STORY. CHEAP BARGAINS, A DIALOGUE. THE ADVANTAGE OF SAVINGS' BANKS. BENEVOLENCE, A TRUE STORY. THE THIEF. THE BAD EFFECTS OF POACHING, A DIALOGUE. PRESENCE OF MIND, A TALE. MISCELLANEOUS FACTS. COTTAGE TALES, &c. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF EDUCATION, and the PURPOSE FOR WHICH IT IS DESIGNED. Wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation. Isaiah xxxiii. 6. WHOSOEVER reflects attentively upon the import of this passage must necessarily observe, that the Prophet regards the acquisition of these qualifications as conducive to our temporal as well as to our eternal interest. Now as we all know that neither knowledge nor wisdom is imparted unto us by nature, our understanding must be cultivated like ground, and undergo a certain preparation before any desirable fruit can be obtained. The best means for fulfilling this object and obtaining this fruit, is education. On this point all are agreed: but people are not equally agreed as to what forms a good education, and the real objects of it. B |