We regard this volume as one of the most important that has been offered the public for many years. Small though it be, it is full of sound doctrine and practical wisdom. Every page is pregnant with instruction of solemn import ; and we would that it were the text book, the great and sovereign guide, of every male or female in the country, with whom rests the responsible care of rearing or educating a child. Were it so, the next generation would bo vastly superior to the present, both in bodily vigor and