12G THE FLORAL TELEGRAPH. 
CHAPTER VIII. 
In which Floribel continueth to exclaim against 
universal education, and states by what means 
she hit upon her valuable discovery. 
“If you are not afraid of spoiling 
your eyes by so much reading, once 
more incline them, and let your me¬ 
mory treasure up my words. This 
little work has been indited, that I 
may procure a substitute for the 
dangerous use of the pen, and the 
more dangerous universality of edu¬ 
cation, by which fathers and mothers 
now know how to read. 
“ What a pity it is that, in this 
