xviii PREFACE. 



" A few words more, and I have done. Ah, my young 

 friends, do, I entreat you, take the solemn warning of an old 

 man, and one who speaks from sad experience. Never 

 neglect your learning or any scholastic duties. Remember 

 how bitterly I have had to suffer for this all my life. Of 

 all my misfortunes put together, and they surely were many, 

 the want of learning has vexed and grieved me most, and 

 ever will do until I go hence. Take my warning, and do 

 your work at school; and even though you may have an 

 independence before you, and may be able to snap your 

 fingers both at school and labour, what are yon without a 

 good education? Why, if you had all the wealth in the 

 world, you would only be a rich fool, a wealthy dunce, the 

 scapegoat of scholars of every grade. 



" Be wise, then, in this respect, before it is too late ; 

 have a respect for yourselves, and then you will be re- 

 spected by others ; be kind to every living creature ; help 

 one another in every good work ; be obedient to your 

 parents and to all who care for you ; be brotherly-hearted 

 to your brothers and sisters and playfellows j and above all, 

 wheresoever you go, or whatsoever you do, never, never, I 

 beseech you, forget your great Creator." 



s. s, 



LONDON, Nov. 1882. 



