170 REMINISCENCES OF GERMAN CHILDHOOD.

to show them a sixpenny pamphlet, one of many issued
for youth, like tracts, with all the common tunes used
in the churches. It contains sixty-three tunes in one
part, and twenty in three parts.

“You have made a fine beginning in your school,”
said Mr. Mill; “and my good friend, Mrs. Grayson, is
so much pleased with what she heard on Saturday
evening on the bank, that she is going to lend you her
pianoforte, to accompany the hymns and songs.”

“Bravo !” cried Tom, who was almost ready to beg
that he might become a pupil at the little octagon
school-house. But his father repressed this little burst,
by calling for a volume, which soon engaged the atten-
tion of all present. It was the “Life of Luther,” by
the Rev. Dr. Sears, himself a zealous admirer of the
mighty German, and a labourer in the cause of educa-
tion. The hour soon arrived for the departure of the
younger children to bed; after which, a few words of
religious conversation closed the day, and each retired
to the private exercises of his own chamber,