72, FIFTH EVENING,

K. Yes, she made my pretty bonnet, and she made
— you a very handsome cap.

ML. Very true; she wes go clever as not only to
furnish herself with these things, but to oblige her
friends with some of her work. And I dare say she
does a great deal of plain work also for herself ane
her mother. Well, then, you are convinced of the
importance of this business, I hope.

A, Y¥ss, mamma.

Mf, Reading and writing are such necessary parts
of education, that I need not say much to you about
them.

ik. Ono, for I love reading dearly.

Mf. I know you do, if you can get entertaining
stories to read; but there are many books also to be
read for instruction, which perhaps may not be so
pleasant at first.

K. But what need is there of so many books of
this sort ?

Af, Some are to teach you your duty to your Maker
and your fellow-creatures, of which I hope you are
sensible you ought not to be ignorant. Then it is
very right to be acquainted with geography ; for you
remember how poor Miss Blunder was laughed at for
saying, that if ever she went to France, it should be
by land.

4. That was because England is an island, and all
surrounded with water, was it not P

AL, Yes, Great Britain, which contains both Eng-
Jand and Scotland, is an island. ‘Well, it is very use-
ful to know something of the value of plants, and
animals, and minerals, because we are always using
some or other of them. Something, too, of the hea-
venly bodies is very proper to be known, both that we
nay admire the power and wisdom of God in creating
them, and that we may not make foolish mistakes
When their motions and properties are the subject of
conversation. The knowledge of history, too, is very
important, especially that of our own country ; and,