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May your Bee lessons have yet a wider mission ! 

 May they promote Manuals which will lead the mind 

 to the Creator, whether they treat of His wonders in 

 nature, or of those wonders in. art and in those handi- 

 crafts, which He has given to man the marvellous 

 power to exercise ! May our children by such means 

 be led to appreciate the order and variety impressed 

 throughout His Creation ; and so not only learn to 

 labour usefully, but to derive that peaceable pleasure 

 which instruction such as this affords, to sweeten and 

 lighten the occupations of daily life. 



In conclusion, wishing all success to your effort, 

 I would end with the sweet words of a shrewd ob- 

 server, as well as a single-hearted Christian, and 

 say to the Children ' Familie ' who may con your 

 Bee lessons, — 



' First Peace and Silence all disputes control!, 

 Then Order plaies the soul ; 

 And giving all things their set forms and houres. 

 Makes of wilde woods sweet walks and bowres. 



Herbert. 



I am. 

 Yours sincerely, 



BURDETT-COUTTS. 



