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PICTORIAL MISCELLANY. 



Relax not your cares, dearest Father, I pray, 



I shall need your kind counsels through life's busy way ; 



Continue the system so wisely begun, 



And still be the friend and the guide of your son. 





Adolphus and James. 



ADOLPHUS was the son of a merchant residing in Paris ; James 

 was the child of a farmer who lived in a retired hamlet in the bosom 

 of the mountains. Nevertheless, these two boys of twelve and thir- 

 teen, so different in their fortune, education and habits, resembled 

 each other closely in disposition ; both had a large share of vanity. 

 They had a lively desire to exalt themselves by humbling others ; 

 and I am about to relate to you the history of a few days in their 

 lives, to show you the methods they took to accomplish this ; you 

 will see in the sequel what a good lesson they both received, and 

 how completely their pride was humbled. 



Durand, the father of James, was a farmer on the estate of M. 

 Valcourt, the father of Adolphus. He was accustomed to go to 

 Paris every year to settle his accounts with his landlord. He once 

 took a fancy to have little James accompany him there. James had 

 never been beyond his mountains, and knew nothing more beautiful, 



