any thing besides giving him victuals A. Yes; they made a house for him for fear he should die with wet and cold.  Q. How long did he stay there?  A. Until the people took him away, because he howled dreadfully when the organ played on Sundays.  Q. Is it right to beat a dog?  A. No; it is very wrong to use any animal ill, because we do not like to be beaten ourselves.  Q. Did Almighty God make the dog?  A. Yes; and every thing else that has life.

E.

Q. What letter is this?  A. E, the first letter in egg.  Q. What is the use of an egg?  A. It is useful for many purposes; to put into puddings, and to eat by itself.  Q. Should country children keep an egg if they find it in the hedge?  A. No, it is thieving; they should find out the owner and take it home.  Q. Do children ever throw stones at the fowls?  A. Yes; but they are mischievous children, and perhaps do not go to school.  Q. What ought children to learn by going to school?  A. To be kind and good to every body, and every thing that has life.

F.

Q. What letter is this?  A. Letter F, the first letter in frying-pan, father, &c.  Q. Let me hear you spell frying-pan.  A. F-r-y-i-n-g-p-a-n.  Q. What is the use of the frying-pan?  A. To fry meat and pan-cakes.  Q. Spell me the names of the different kinds of meat.  A. B-e-e-f, p-o-r-k, m-u-t-t-o-n, l-a-m-b, h-a-m, &c.  Q. Of what shape are frying-pans?  A. Some circular, and some are like an ellipsis.[A] Q. Are there any other utensils into which meat is put that are circular?  A. Yes, please, sir, my mother has some circular plates; and, please, sir, my mother has some elliptical dishes.  Q. Any thing besides?  A. Yes, please, sir, my mother has a circular table; and, please, sir, my mother has a rectangular one, and it is made of deal.

[Footnote A:  It may possibly strike some of my readers as strange that a geometrical question should be put in a conversation on the alphabet, but it should be remembered that, according to the Infant School system, language is not taught exclusively, but in connection with number and form;—­questions like the above, therefore are calculated to excite their memories, and induce an application of their geometrical knowledge.]

G.

Q. What letter is this?  A. Letter G, the first letter in goat, good, girl, &c.  Q. Spell goat.  A. G-o-a-t.  Q. What is the use of the goat’?  A. In some countries people drink the goat’s milk; and the skin is useful to make the upper-leather of shoes.  Q. Are goats fond of going into the valleys and low places?  A. No; they are fond of going up hills and high places.  Q. If a goat is coming down a hill which has only one narrow path merely wide enough for one goat to walk on without falling down, and another goat is coming up the same path, what do they do?  A. The goat that is coming up lies down and lets the other goat walk over him.  Q. Why does not one of the goats turn round and go back again?  A. Because there would not be room, and the one which should try to turn round would fall down and be killed.