sure in a letter or two to answer my desire to the full, and seem 

 ashamed to be the occasion of giving me so much trouble : he 

 would let me know immediately that he will comply, and even with- 

 out reluctance. What dangers has he not escaped, with God's 

 blessing, by this happy temper ! I read somewhere, in a French 

 book, what I would have my children often consider ; it runs thus : 

 ' La plupart des hommes employent la premiere partie de leur 

 vie a rendre I'autre miserable.' This, you see, was a very just ob- 

 servation of the author. 



" I am so uneasy to satisfy you, I leave six pounds in Mr. 

 Usher's hands to buy anything for you that you will have a mind 

 to ; but it frightens me to think you would buy books for it. 



" Write to me again about what books you want ; if they be of 

 chemistry, I'll never desire to know more of them. Adieu, dear 

 Dicky ; mind your health even for my sake, and take care of your 

 immortal soul, that it may enter into the joys of our Lord, when 

 you leave this valley of tears. Your grandmama French, who loves 

 you greatly, often thinks of you, and gives you her blessing. 



" I am, my dear Dicky, 



*' Your loving Mother, 



" Mary Fr. Kirwan." 



