154 - FIRST LESSONS IN SCHOOL-KEEPING.

and Rome upon the map, and talked familiarly of
Anchises, Aineas, Dido, and the little Ascanius. They
loved to hear the sounding lines of Greek which de-
scribe the noise of the ocean, and the twanging of
Apollo’s silver bow, even though they could not tell
the meaning of a word. In like manner they learned
a pretty long German ballad, which they sung in parts,
Carl further amused himself by drilling them in the
questions and answers with which French conversation
commonly begins. Harmless games and riddles, and
puzzles in arithmetic, added to their holiday sports.
But, after all, it was not the particular thing which he
did, as the cheerful, loving manner in which he did
it, that gained them over. In this way they were
drawn towards him, as a friend who had their real
welfare at heart, so that there was scarcely anything
which they would not have done to please him. And
this was the more remarkable, because he did not at-
tempt to turn their regular study into play. He re-
membered Dr. Newman’s maxim, When you work,
work; and when you play, play. So that when they
were at their books it was a serious business, and they
soon found that no allowance was granted to idleness,
inattention, or impatience.

In such a school as this, children learn fast, Every
day leaves its mark. Parents found it out, and at the
end of the first quarter five new scholars were offered,
two of whom were elder brothers of a child already