INTRODUCTION. 



ADDRESSED TO AT.L SCHOOLBOYS. 



Ever since I was a boy, and ah ! long, long 

 before that, I fancy, the one great anxiety of 

 parents of the upper and middle classes 

 blessed with large families has been, " What 

 are we to do with our boys ? " and the cry 

 goes on increasing, being intensified by the 

 depreciation in the value of land, and by our 

 distant colonies getting a little overstocked 

 with young gentlemen, who have been 

 banished to them by thousands, to struggle 

 and strive, sink or swim, as fate wills it. 

 At home, all professions are full and every- 

 thing has been tried ; and, go where you will, 

 even the children of the noble may be found 



