TOM SEYMOUR'S ARRIVAL FROM SCHOOL. — DESCRIPTION OF OVERTON LODGE. -THE HOROLOGE OF FLORA.-A GEOLOGICAL TEMPLE. — A SKETCH OF THE PERSON AND CHARACTER OF THE REVEREND PETER TWADDLETON. - HIS ANTIPATHY TO PUNS.—MR. SEYMOUR ENGAGES TO FURNISH HIS SON WITH ANY TOY, THE PHILOSOPHY OF WHICH HE IS ABLE TO EXPLAIN.-MR. TWADDLETON'S ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION. — HIS REMONSTRANCE AGAINST THE DIFFUSION OF SCIENCE AMONGST THE VILLAGE MECHANICS. A DIALOGUE BETWEEN MR. SEYMOUR AND THE VICAR, WHICH SOME WILL DISLIKE, MORE APPROVE OF, AND ALL LAUGH AT.—THE PLAN OF TEACHING PHILOSOPHY BY THE AID OF TOYS DEVELOPED AND DISCUSSED.-PLAY AND WORK.-TOYS AND TASKS.-MR. TWADDLETON'S OBJECTIONS ANSWERED. — HE RELENTS, AND ENGAGES TO FURNISH AN ANTIQUARIAN HISTORY OF THE VARIOUS TOYS AND SPORTS.
THE summer recess of Mr. Pearson's school was not more anxiously anticipated by the scholars than by the numerous family of Seymour, who, at the commencement of the year, had parted from a beloved son and brother for the first time. As the season of relaxation approached, so did the inmates of Overton Lodge (for such was the name of Mr. Seymour's seat) betray increasing impatience for its arrival. The three elder sisters, Louisa, Fanny, and Rosa, had been engaged for several days in arranging the little study which their brother Tom had usually occupied. His books were carefully replaced on their shelves, and bunches of roses and jasmines, which the affectionate girls had culled