the soul, the naked soul, with which He was to endow the highest of his creatures—­into Eden to look with him on the work which He had accomplished.  And the Soul could see, could hear, could understand, though there were neither eyes, nor ears, nor limbs, nor bodily organs, to do its bidding.  And God said, ’Soul, thou shalt have a body as these creatures, that thou seest around thee have.  Thou art to be king, and rule over them all.  Thy mission is to subdue the earth, and make it fruitful and more beautiful than it is even now, in thus its dawn.  Which of all these living creatures wouldst thou resemble ?’ And the Soul looked, and the Soul listened, and the Soul understood.  The beauty of the birds first attracted him and their songs were sweet, and their loving care of their young called forth a response in the Prophetic Soul.  But the sweet singers could not subdue the earth—­nay, even the strongest voice could not.  Then the Soul gazed on the lion in his strength; on the deer in his beauty.  He saw the large-eyed bull with the cow by his side, licking her calf.  The stately horse, the huge elephant, the ungainly camel—­could any of these subdue the earth?  He looked down, and they made it shake with their heavy tread, but the Soul knew that the earth could not be subdued by them.  Then he saw a pair of monkeys climbing a tree—­the female had a little one in her arms.  Where the bird had wings, and the beasts four legs planted on the ground, the monkeys had arms, and, at the end of each, hands, with five fingers; they gathered nuts and cracked them, and picked out the kernels, throwing the shells away—­the mother caressed her young one with gentle fingers.  The Soul saw also the larger ape with its almost upright form.  ‘Ah!’ sighed the Soul, ’they are not beautiful like the other creatures, neither are they so strong as many of them.  But their forelimbs, with hands and fingers to grasp with, are what I need to subdue the earth, for they will be the servants who can best obey my will.  Let me stand upright and gaze upward, and this is the body that I choose.’  And God said, ’Soul, thou hast chosen well, Thou shalt be larger and stronger than these creatures thou seest thou shalt stand upright, and look upward and onward.  And the Soul can create beauty for itself, when it shines through the body.’  And it was so, and Adam stood erect and gave names to all other creatures.”

In the seventies the old education system, or want of system, was broken up, and a complete department of public instruction was constructed.  Mr. J. A. Hartley, head master of Prince Alfred College, was placed at the head of it, and a vigorous policy was adopted.  When the Misses Davenport Hill came out to visit aunt and cousins, I visited with them and Miss Clark the Grote Street Model School, and I was delighted with the new administration.  I hoped that the instruction of the children of the people would attract the poor gentlewomen who were so badly paid as governesses in families or in schools;