ADVERTISEMENT. The biftory of the following production is briefly this: A lady, fond of blank verse, demanded a poem of that kind from the author, and gave him the Sofa for a subject. He obeyed; and, having much leisure, connected another subject with it; and pursuing the train of thought, to which his fituation and turn of mind led him, brought forth at length, inftead of the trifle which he at first intended, a serious affair-a Volume. cular school. His objections are such, as naturally apply themselves to schools in general. If there were not, as for the most part there is, wilful neglect in those who manage them, and an omiffion even of such discipline as they are susceptible of, the objects are yet too numerous for minute attention; and the aching hearts of ten thousand parents, mourning under the bitterest of all disappointments, attest the truth of the allegation. His quarrel therefore is with the mischief at large, and not with any particular instance of it. CONTENTS. Page. Book I, The Sofa. .............. 1 II. The Time-Pieces .......... 35 III. The Garden............. 71 IV. The Winter Evening ...... 107 folk., ................................. 294 Epistle to a Protestant Lady in France..... ...299 Friendship.......... ...............302 |