In the following examples, the moral of each fable or anecdote is added separately. The student will take to distinguish the principal nouns and verbs, according to Rule 5, so that he may be enabled to repeat the substance of each example, as well as the instruction which it is designed to convey.

A Mandarin, who took much pride in appearing with a number of jewels on every part of his robe, was once accosted by a sly old Bonze, who, following him through several streets, and bowing often to the ground, thanked him for his jewels. "What does the man mean?" cried the Mandarin; "friend, I never gave thee any of my jewels."-"No," replied the other, but you have let me look at them, and that is all the use you can make of them yourself; so there is no difference between us, except that you have the trouble of watching them, and that is an employment I don't like."

The Moral. Mere finery is of no use but to be gazed at.

A French physician having been consulted by a person subject to the most gloomy fits of melancholy, advised his patient to mix in scenes of gaiety and dissipation; and particularly to frequent the Italian theatre: "And if Carlina do not dispel your gloomy complaint," says he, "your case must be desperate indeed."-"Alas! sir," said the patient, "I myself am Carlina, and while I divert all Paris with mirth, and make them almost die with laughter, I myself am dying with melancholy and chagrin."

Moral. Laughter is not always the proof of a merry heart.

Two monks applied to William Rufus, king of England, to purchase an abbot's place, and they both strove to outvie each other in the largeness of their offers. A third monk, as it happened, was present, who, observing a strict silence, the king said to him, as if to encourage the best bidder,"And what wilt thou give for the place ?"-" Not a penny!" answered he, "for it is against my conscience."-On which Rufus replied, "Then thou, of the three, best deservest the preference, and thou shalt have it!" This circumstance is the more remarkable, as this king was not over and above tender in other sacred points.

Moral. Purity is generally more successful, and always more respectable, than bribery.

Rule 7.- Detached events are sometimes employed to illustrate the truth, or as examples of the efficacy, of an opinion or principle previously stated.

The following are examples:

One idea which is familiar to the mind, connected with others which are new and strange, will bring those new ideas into easy remembrance. Maronides had the first hundred lines of Virgil's Eneid printed upon his memory so perfectly, that he knew not only the order and number of every word, but each verse also; and by this means he would undertake to remember two or three hundred names of persons or things, by some rational or fantastic connection between some word in the verse, and some letter, syllable, property, or accident of the name or thing to be remembered; even though they had been repeated but once or twice in his hearing.

No rank or possessions can make the guilty mind happy. -Dionysius, the tyrant of Sicily, was far from being happy, though he possessed great riches, and all the pleasures which wealth and power could procure. Damocles, one of his flatterers, deceived by those specious appearances of happiness, took occasion to compliment him on the extent of his power, his treasures, and royal magnificence: and declared, that no monarch had ever been greater or happier than Dionysius. "Hast thou a mind, Damocles," says the king, "to taste this happiness? and to know, by experience, what the enjoyments are, of which thou hast so high an idea?" Damocles, with joy, accepted the offer. The king ordered, that a royal banquet should be prepared, and a gilded sofa, covered with rich embroidery, placed for his favourite. Sideboards, loaded with gold and silver plate of immense value, were arranged in the apartment. Pages of extraordinary beauty were ordered to attend his table, and to obey his commands with the utmost readiness, and the most profound submission. Fragrant ointments, chaplets of flowers, and rich perfumes, were added to the entertainment. The table was loaded with the most exquisite delicacies of every kind. Damocles, intoxicated with pleasure, fancied himself amongst superior beings. But in the midst of all this happiness, as he lay indulging himself in state, he sees let down from the ceiling, exactly over his head, a glittering sword hung by a single hair. The sight of im. pending destruction put a speedy end to his joy and revel.

Rule 33.-Let the right hand (but not any single finger) point downwards, when anything low or grovelling is expressed.

GESTURE FOR SPEAKING.

Let the

Rule 34.- Begin as in reading. whole weight of the body rest on the right leg; the other just touching the ground, at the distance at which it would naturally fall, if lifted up to show that the body does not bear upon it. Let the knees be straight and firm, and the y straight, yet not perpendicular, but inclino the right and rather forwards. Let both hang in their natural place by the side.

paramount necessity of their being "few and short," in order to be of any practical value. A careful study of them, and withal a familiarity (to use the words of our introduction) "with the deportment of those public speakers who possess elegance of manner, which is the most efficacious lesson:" will, he doubts not, put the student into possession of a suf ficient knowledge of the art of Gesture for all ordinary purposes.*

GESTURE FOR READING.

Rule 29.. - Rest the whole weight of the body on the right leg; the other just touching the ground, at the distance at which it would naturally fall, if lifted up to show that the body does not bear upon it. Let the knees be straight: and the body straight, yet not perpendicular, but inclining to the right and rather forwards.

Rule 30. Hold the book in the left hand.

Rule 31.-Look at those who are hearing as often as possible; but do not lose the place or forget the words.

Rule 32. Elevate the right hand when any thing sublime, lofty, or heavenly, is expressed.

*To those who are desirous of pursuing the study of the Art of Gesture, the author recommends the following works, viz. Barber on Gesture, Russell's Rudiments of Gesture, and especially Austin's Chironomia. This latter work is expensive, and not easily procurable; but it is deemed the bighest authority on the subject, and is the text-book of those who study for the stage.