TABLE OF CONTENTS. CHAPTER II. The rise and progress of infant passion CHAPTER III. The passions of Infants as they grow into ...... CHAPTER VI. Discrimination, secondly, required in the Parent who begins the work of opposition to Infant Will 36 CHAPTER VII. Forbearance also requisite in the correc- CHAPTER VIII. The Virtues or Morality of Childhood... CHAPTER XII. Caution requisite in governing several 80 Page ....... CHAPTER XV. Good-nature an essential in all characters: CHAPTER XVI. Infant prejudice and opinion often formed without any reason. Humanity useless, if it be only passive 110 CHAPTER XVII. Kindness to brutes next in importance. Domesticated animals demand our peculiar care ..... ...... 120 CHAPTER XVIII. Forbearance. Our nature being prone to CHAPTER XIX. When the Infant is able to distinguish one CHAPTER XX. When submission has once been insisted on, the Mother should persevere till she conquers....... 145 CHAPTER XXI. Childhood the season of innocence, art- .......... ...... lessness, and simplicity ceased to possess the most engaging charm of his age CHAPTER XXIV. A modest diffidence always pleasing, and .... ..... CHAPTER XXV. Generosity a noble feature in young CHAPTER XXVII. Temperance prepares for industry. CHAPTER XXVIII. Out of door employment peculiarly Industry without regularity a heartless exercise......... 209 CHAPTER XXX. Fortitude. To suffer and to endure, the portion of Man; Lessons of patience should be taught in CHAPTER XXXI. To bear well and to forbear are Duties equally important. Forbearance, perhaps more loudly cal- led for in the trifling occurrences of day and day, than in the grand mischances and provocations of existence. .... 227 CHAPTER XXXII. The Subject continued. Comparison PART III. CHAPTER XXXV. The groundwork of Religion, Faith... 258 CHAPTER XXXVI. Faith, a belief in the Word of God. This belief must be strengthened by a study of the most accredited profane Writers, who at one time or other have severally given testimony to many striking events recorded in Scripture: ascribing, however, to evil agency, CHAPTER XLIII. Instruction of Children.... CHAPTER XLIV. Observation, the first medium through which knowledge is conveyed to Mind. Nature's Works admirably suited to infant contemplation CHAPTER XLV. Reading the second means. Children should not too early be forced upon this exercise, but should rather be led to seek it as a delightful amusement CHAPTER XLVI. Conversations on the Subjects contained CHAPTER XLVII. Children should be encouraged to recol- lect and reason on what they read, that the judgment may be brought into exercise. that no improper tricks be formed, extremely necessary.. 367 CHAPTER XLVIII. Amusements of children... CHAPTER XLIX. Animated Objects, delightful amuse- ments. Inanimate ones always pleasing, and may, with EARLY EDUCATION. PART I. INTRODUCTORY CHAPTER. 66 HE COMETH FORTH LIKE A FLOWER." WHEN reason first begins to dawn in an infant, we notice the first shoots or seeds of passion; they are very weak, and we give to them the general name of emotions. To every regular passion, there are three steps; and there are sometimes as many more from passion to excess. A cause arises and produces emotion; emotion continued, increases to affection; affection encouraged, swells into passion. So far we permit : the passions are given us by the Almighty to agitate the stream of life, which would otherwise stagnate; and to produce some strong current, into which we commit ourselves and our possessions; for one undeviating course must be equally ours if eminence be our wish, and one bright goal will be deep seated in our hearts, when virtue is our aim. The pursuit of knowledge is, in general, favourable to virtue. In B |