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teachers who, more or less, try the patience of their reluctant 

 listeners. A natural reaction, also, from the exhaustion of pro- 

 tracted study, and the suspense and anxiety which even in the 

 best prepared, the boldest, and the most hopeful pupils, attend 

 the anticipation of the dreaded ordeal of examination, arrays the 

 future in rainbow colours." The necessity, however, of making 

 his way in the world permitted no rest on the summit of this 

 Hill Difficulty, but compelled him to scan the horizon in search 

 of some field for his exertions. The day after graduation, he 

 tells Daniel of various openings in prospect, such as a promise 

 of lecturing in the approaching winter to a provincial associa- 

 tion at St. Andrews, an offer made to the Secretary of the Board 

 of Arts and Manufactures to teach chemistry to the young 

 artists, and an invitation to lecture at the School of Arts, Had - 

 dington. These schemes all proved visionary, but, " for the 

 sake of practice, and to be doing something," he hopes to ap- 

 pear as a lecturer on some provincial arena in winter. The 

 letter mentioning those details thus winds up : " I shall here, 

 for your amusement, record a story told us by a dissenting 

 minister. Eowland Hill, once preaching on the necessity of 

 unity among Christians, told his people that he had a dream the 

 night before, and thought he had gone to heaven. When he had 

 arrived there, he asked the angel to show him where the Epis- 

 copalians were, as he should like to see them first. The angel 

 replied that there were no Episcopalians there. " Well," said 

 Eowland, " I know a great many who intended and expected to 

 be here/' However, as there were none of them, he asked for 

 the Presbyterians. There were none of them either ; then for 

 the Independents, there were none; then for the Baptists, 

 " There are none," was the answer. " Where, then, are the 

 Christians?" "Oh, the Christians," quoth the angel, "they 

 are all here !" 



Towards the close of the month, George, in accomplishment 

 of a cherished desire, attended the meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation for the Advancement of Science, held that year in Bir- 

 mingham. His friend and fellow- graduate, Samuel Brown, 

 accompanied him. He had the good fortune, on his arrival, 

 to be introduced to -the well-known philanthropist, Mr. Joseph 



