7o8 THE POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. 



ion of the merit of the work as an elementary work " : till half past 

 one, wrote exercises and various miscellanies ; till half past two the 

 treatise on Adverbs ; till forty-five minutes past three, Thomson ; Livre 

 Geographique and miscellanies till five ; eats a little dinner, being- un- 

 certain, owing to a family event ; goes for first lesson to music-mistress, 

 a lady reduced by the Revolution, and living by her musical talents ; 

 henceforth to practice at her house daily from eleven to twelve, and 

 take a lesson in the evening; dined on return, then dancing-lesson. 

 9th. Rose at five ; five chapters Voltaire ; forty-five minutes past six, 

 Adverbs; forty-five minutes past seven, the Prometheus of Lucian ; 

 half past eight till nine, first lesson of Solfeges together with Principes ; 

 continued Prometheus till breakfast ; miscellaneous occupation till the 

 hour of music-lesson at Madame Boulet's ; home at half past twelve, 

 ten propositions of Legendre ; " if anything could palliate the fault I 

 have noticed of introducing the ratio and the measures of angles before 

 the right place, it is the facility which this method gives to the demon- 

 stration of the subsequent propositions ; this, however, can not excuse 

 such a palpable logical error, etc." JMr, G. is to procure Cagnioli's Tri- 

 gonometry, but a Praxis in the higher Mathematics is not yet forthcom- 

 ing. 10th. Starts at four with Mr. G. arid the Rtissells on a day's 

 excursion to the forest of Bouconne, three leagues from Toulouse, the 

 object being to collect plants and insects. Makes his coup cVessai 

 at catching butterflies, got only about ten worth keeping ; the adven- 

 tures of the day fully given. 11th. Yesterday's fatigue keeps him in 

 bed late ; one chapter of Voltaire ; at half past seven, with Mr. G,, 

 to begin with his French master, who hears his pronunciation, and 

 sets him plenty of work. Taken with a party to the house of an astro- 

 ngmer, M. Daubuisson, and shown his instruments ; then to the house 

 of his brother, a great mineralogist. Returns at two to commence the 

 formidable course of lessons set by the French master. Goes successive- 

 ly to his music-master and music-mistress. Introduces a remark as 

 to the great kindness of the family in constantly, without ill-humor, ex- 

 plaining to him the defects in his way of conducting himself in society : 

 " I ought to be very thankful." 12th. Hears from his father that Lady 

 B. has written a good account of him. Replies in full to the mat- 

 ters in his father's letter; is glad to hear of his article on Government 

 and promises on his return to read it with great attention. Indicates 

 that in future his French lessons will very much engross his time. He 

 is to take the first opportunity of sending the Dialogue, on which he 

 has taken great pains both with expression and with reasoning. Apolo- 

 gises for giving more time to Mathematics than to Latin and Greek. 



A fencing-master is now provided for him, and in two days more a 

 riding-master, so that we may have seen him at his best as regards book 

 studies. He keeps these up a few hours every day, but the largest part 

 of the day is taken up with his other exercises. The only thing de- 

 serving mention now is the occasional notice of new subjects. Thus, 



