against selfishness and vanity, which would make others
detest you; envy, which would render you unhappy and
hateful; anger and hatred, which might lead you to all kinds
of evil deeds.'

These lessons are enforced by an extract from the French Law, which
informs scholar that the persons found in a condition of manifest
intoxication in the street or a public-house are punished by a fine of
from 1 to 15 francs; that for a second offence the punishment is
imprisonment for three days; and that for a third breach of the law the
offender may be sentenced to imprisonment for from six days to a month,
and to a fine of from 16 to 300 francs. In addition to this, the
offenders will be declared incapable of exercising their political
rights for two years.

This is a very practical teaching; but the duties which little boys owe
to their bodies and souls are rendered more attractive, than either the
dicta concerning hygiene or the threatened results of evil ways are
likely to make them, by the history of a certain Dr. John Burnett, a
physician, who made an immense fortune in New York. This is found as a
_feuilleton_ at the foot of the page, under the title 'Un Bon
Charlatan.'

The pith of the teaching under the head of Morals, is contained in the
following summary:--

'1. I will fulfil my duties towards myself. My duties
towards my body are, cleanliness, sobriety, temperance,
precaution against the inclemency of the seasons, exercise.

'2. I will fulfil my duties towards my soul by continuing to
educate myself, and by combating all bad passions.

'3. I will not do to another that which I would not that he
should do to me.

'4. I will not do him wrong, either by striking him, or
robbing him, or deceiving him, or lying to him, or by
breaking my promise, or by speaking evil of him, or by
calumniating him.

'5. I will do to another that which I should wish him to do
to me.

'6. I will love him, I will be grateful, exact, discreet,
charitable.'

Very good resolutions these, but one cannot avoid the thought that the
little scholar might estimate 3 and 5 not the less, perhaps the more, if
informed of the life and character of Him who first spoke these apparent
simple rules in such a manner as to impress them upon the heart of the
world. Would not all the resolutions gain strength from the belief that
duty towards God is the true