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arise in various parts of the three kingdoms ; and I name a boys' school in the 

 first instance, because, after it is in full operation, it would be easy to institute 

 an equally useful model school for girls, in which education might be rendered 

 as practically suitable for them (a most desirable thing for the country), as the 

 original one would he for the boys." 



After various details, the following paragraphs occur : — 



" Surrounding all the play-grounds, and, therefore, at a convenient distance 

 from the school, there should be a number of workshops, in which artificers in 

 all the most mechanical and scientific branches of business should be em- 

 ployed, chiefly with a view of teaching young persons the ordinary use of 

 tools, the operation of the mechanical powers, and the nature of materials 

 generally. It is sometimes said of a clever young fellow, " Oh ! that lad, if he 

 were turned out penniless on a common, would make his way in the world." 

 This is said because, under some favourable circumstances, he has early ac- 

 quired an aptitude for a variety of things. Here then would be an opportunity 

 of conferring such aptitude upon many ; and its use in inducing muscular ac- 

 tion, and proving the profitableness of exertion, would be its first advantage. 

 Youth will have work, that is to say, exercise for the limbs ; and instead of 

 throwing stones at birds, pulling down palings, or wrenching gates off' their 

 hinges, let them have useful, and yet agreeable, opportunities of exercising 

 their animal powers. But let them not be driven to those schools of industry 

 — the proposed workshops. On the contrary, it must be a privilege to enter 

 them, contingent upon good behaviour. Alfred has been so attentive that 

 he may assist the joiner in repairing his own box, or in making himself a small 

 chest of drawers, at appointed hours. Charles has so diligently applied him- 

 self to his duties, that he may assist the mathematical instrument maker in 

 turning the tubes, and grinding the glasses of a little telescope. Henry may 

 help in taking to pieces the model steam-engine, and in preparing it anew for 

 action. William may be permitted to assist the smith in making a little plough 

 for himself, for he and some of his intimate friends are to be farmers, and the}' 

 are about to assist the husbandman in preparing a plot of ground for seed. In 

 the various workshops some of the pupils would, o'f course, acquire, and would 

 manifest, a preference for particular employments ; and in one spacious apart- 

 ment a swimming school would contribute to their health, their enjoyment, 

 and future safety. 



Beyond these, and enclosing the whole, a moderate breadth of land should 

 form the margin of the estate, and should be ample enough, not only for the 

 purposes of so much instruction in agriculture and gardening as every respect- 

 able person ought to receive, but to supply the school with sufficient produce. 

 Here the pupils, whether in the botanic garden, the kitchen-garden, the corn 

 field, the potato ground, or the meadow, would be indulged with strength- 

 imparting exercise for the body ; while the mind, agreeably to the dictates of 

 nature and religion, would be receiving practical lessons, calculated to make 

 man the prospective being which he ought to be, as to the effect of his present 

 actions. Even the earth will, in due season, record the effect of his fore- 

 thought and exertion; let him trace from this the grand truth that, in the 

 moral, as in the physical world, the great Creator of that earth has willed it, 

 that we shall reap even as we sow." 



The present government, we believe, is willing to act on the suggestions of 

 Mr. Smith and others, and to establish normal schools ; but when they will have 

 sufficient power to carry their intentions into execution is very uncertain. It 

 is a great point gained, however, to have the subject so prominently brought 

 forward ; because that will end in rendering the public mind aware of its im- 

 mense importance, which is very far from being the case at present. 



Art. III. Literary Notices. 

 Repton's Landscape-Gardening, being the whole works of the late Hum- 

 phrey Repton, Esq., with a biographical notice, and notes, is now ready ; and 



