mil-] 
Dot to be supposed that the Hon. Mr, 
i^uions would tell an untruth. But you 
v/ere speaking of Dr. Montague—i like 
the name both of the gentleman and his 
iiouse. 
Jlirs, Townly. —Yes, Dr. Montague 
sounds much better than Mr. ^'enables. 
It was partly on this accourst that I fost 
thought of the school for my itepheiv. 
Por, in selecting a place of education, 
as in choosing a new gown, we must he 
guided in some degree by the opinion of 
the world. Fashion ought to he con¬ 
sulted; and that will generally be most 
fashionable, wliich is best calculated to. 
gratify both the eye and the ear. T he 
Hall possesses these advantages. It is 
an elegant building. The site is beau¬ 
tiful and commanding; and the plaj- 
grf)und is retired and spacious. 
Ml'S. ShalUm). —i\Iy Tommy shall he a 
pupil of Dr. Montague’s, lie shall he 
sent immediately to the Hall. 
Mrs. ’fis true Dr. Monta¬ 
gue’s terms are high—much higher than 
Mr. Venables’—but the advantages are 
proportionate: the young gentlemen have 
a footman in livery to wait upon them. 
Mrs. Shallow .—A footman in livery to 
wait upon them ! Tommy shall certainly 
be sent to Dr. Montague’s. 
Ml'S. Townly ,—For breakfast they have 
the choice of milk, tea, coffee, or cocoa. 
Shallow —Tommy is vastly I'ond 
of cocoa. Matilda, we will go thi.s very 
evening to the sliops, and lay in a stock 
of clothes for your brother. He shall go 
immediately to F>r. Montague’s. 
Mrs. 'Vownly .—-’rhe dinner is excel¬ 
lent. The young gentlesnen have either 
roast meat or boiled, at their option ; 
and it is a constant rule for them to 
liave sweetmeat-duniplings every other 
day at least. After diitner, each young 
gentleman who chooses it, has a glass or 
two of port wine; but for this indulgence 
there is, I believe, an additiop.al charge 
in tlie hills. 
Mrs.Skalloio .—Dear IMi’s. Townly yon 
quite tr.'inspoi t me.—Wine aftes’ dinner, 
and sweetmeat'dumplings 1 I do hone 
there are raspberries—Totnmy doats upon 
raspberries. Do Matilda, iny love, fetch 
your brother. What a charming school 
this is [ VVine after dinner, svveetmeats, 
tea, coffee, and a footman 1 
[E/tfer Tommy.1 
Come hither, my dear—.should not you 
like to go to a school, where there are 
very nice thitigs? A footman to wait upon 
you, my love, and cocoa, and wine, and 
iwcslmeatbl 
Tommy. —But, mamma, ar’n’t there 
birch-rods too ? 
Mrs. Townly. —No, my little fellow; 
Dr. Montague, the master, is a very 
good-tempered, kmd-heaited, man. He 
aiw'ays says, tiiat beating only hardens 
bad boys, and that good boys don’t 
deserve to be beaten : so you nave no¬ 
thing to-fear, iny iictie man. 
Tommy. — I think, mamma, I should 
like to go to school to Dr Alontasiue. 
Airs. Shallow.- — ' \<m shall go, my jove. 
But, my dear Mr.s. Townly, may I lequesc 
of you to add a few imne particulars 
about this deiiglnful school.'^ I am actu¬ 
ally ill love with tins good Dr. Mou- 
tagiie. 
~ _ 
Townly. — T will satisfy you, ma¬ 
dam, most readily ; and I know not h )\v 
1 can do it more efrectually, ban by re¬ 
peating to you the .-.ub-taucr of a paral¬ 
lel, which was lateiy draw;-,, with the 
utmost modesty, in my hearing, bv Dr. 
Montague himself, between liis own aca- 
demy and the school of Mr, Venables. 
Airs. Shallozc.—i), pray let me iiave 
it ! for 1 am so prepossessed m the doc¬ 
tor’s favour, that I shall rely impliciUy 
on his candour and accuracy. 
Ml'S. Townly. — began with expa¬ 
tiating on the vast superiority his sysfein 
of mildness ami conciliation had over ma 
rigid and austere discipline otOur com¬ 
mon hoarding-schools, an i reprobated 
with becoming warmth the brutality of 
Ivir. Venables, who had been known, he 
said, to dog a l)oy for the very venial 
fault of common swearing. He next 
adverted to the tiiscretionary power 
which is often delegated to ushers, aiid 
commented on the miscinevous tendency 
of allowing them, on any occasion, to 
correct a young gentleman. For ids 
own part, he continued, lie was fortu¬ 
nate in having procured two of the best- 
tempered fellows in the world to assist 
him, who were continually playing at 
games with his pupils; wliife Mr. Vena¬ 
bles’ assistant always kept aloof, and 
seemed designed rather to be a restraint 
upon his boys’ ainusernents, chan to oar- 
ticipate in them. 
A\Irs. Shallow. —What a good-humour¬ 
ed, liberal soul it is! How very different 
from the narrow-minded Venables, 
Ail'S. Townly.—-Tiv. Montague then 
adverted to the style of living at inferior 
hoarding-schools. It was no unusual 
practice, he said, to give boys milk \n 
milk-gruel twice a day, and in other rtv 
speeds to keep’ them on very ordinarv 
fare; but, for his part, he judged diff 
leremiy. 
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