EDUCATION.

Grave duties entrusted to them--Stronghold of evils to be
eradicated--Men of Genius following antipathetic
occupations--Early eradication of faults and development of
qualities--Visits to Schools--Defects--One routine for all
characters--Neglecting minor qualities in Boys of
Genius--Precept-cramming--Bad habits--Character-divers
created--Sole occupation to discover Child's early
tendencies--Duties distinct from those of Preceptors or Fathers of
Knowledge--Germ of evils destroyed

VI.--CORRECTION OF FAULTS.

Remedies employed vary with characteristics--Absence of violent
punishment--Children to be raised, not degraded--Animals not
corrected by blows--Example--Pupil not corrected by the imposition
of tasks--Child encouraged to regard study as a
privilege--Correction effected by gentleness--Time, labour, &c.,
bestowed unsparingly--Even when fault seems eradicated fresh tests
applied--Adult offenders--Child of genius watched with reference to
superior refinement--Economy of sparing nothing in educating the
future man--Lists of faults occupying attention of the
Character-divers--Results--Small beginnings lead to incurable vices
and disease

VII.--CHARACTER-DIVERS.

Secondary position of Tutors in former times--Now honoured--Aid
given by the Character-divers, &c., to Narrator--Young men of
special aptitude educated for the office--Their
astuteness--Example--Subjects of tesselated pavements--Zolea--Early
evidence of artistic talent often deceptive--Narrator's early
talent indicating him as a harpist--Guided to other studies

VIII.--THE STAR CITY.

Power of the Sun--Colours and forms in the sky--Situation of
Montalluyah--External World Cities--Reasons for uniting them--
Peculiarities--Straight lines--Variety of colour, &c.--Subterranean
seas--Great cataract and water-lifts form background of palaces and
statues--Hanging bridges--Health studied--Baths--Violet streams--
Trees--Birds--Artificial nests--Perfumes--Harmonious
sounds--Chariot wheels and horse's hoofs noiseless--Red light--City
full of animation--Recurring change of scene

IX.--THE SUSPENDED MOUNTAIN.

Elevation of tides immense--The aerial mountain--Electric
agencies--Sea carries away the heart of the mountain--Receding
waters leave upper part suspended-