i.^0 on a course of reading. March iS, 



a 'general plan of study, is, bj exhibiting a view of 

 all, to enable a man to form a just opinion of each, 

 from the opportunity he has of making the proper 

 comparisons, and to prevent prejudice and a bigotted 

 attachment to technical maxims and profefsionsll 

 'tenets, arising from a partial and contracted inspec- 

 tion into things, mutually dependent on each other. 

 A man ftiould not at all times be peeping through a 

 microscope, lest it pervert his judgement; and that he 

 may not mistake a gnat for a camel let him remove the 

 glafs sometimes, and by circumspection avoid error. 

 These advantages, I esteem a valuable compensation 

 for the time employed in the survey. Let no one 

 be alarmed at the apparent magnitude of the talk, 

 for the whole range does not include a quantity equal 

 to forty volumes 8vo. ; and, excepting numbers sixth 

 and seventh, none of them will require any severe ap- 

 plication. The books are all, I think, except Hartley, 

 •very common, and I suppose may be furnilhed by 

 most circulating libraries and book societies. Hartley's 

 observations on man has become very scarce in the 

 Ihops, but I believe the part referred to here is insert- 

 ed among hijhop Watson's theological tracts. Where 

 there seems to be an option, as in number thirJ, to 

 the priority of order the preference fliould be given ; 

 the others are only added lesl the first fhould not be 

 met with. The student is supposed to be previous- 

 ly ac<^uainted with the common rules of arithmetic, 

 and a little knowledge of geography. When read- 

 ing history one ought not to be without maps, and ■i, 

 chronological made mecuni of some kind. If particu- 

 |»r directions for study are required, they may be- 



