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    rangement ? Writing is one of the most valuable aids in education , not as an end , but as a mean 3 . The same may be said of drawing . Enough has been written to give the reader a general estimate of a pamphlet , which , however , ought to be read for itself . With reference to all plans for the improvement of society , we are inclined to say , "If you would have the people wiser and happier and better , beware of the spirit of

    ostentation . " This spirit has inconceivably retarded the progress of many good things in this country , and of none more than of education . When Lancasterian Schools were first introduced , those who took them under their protection were so pleased with the plan , and so shocked at the illiberality of those who opposed it , that they took it up almost as if it left little to be desired as a system of national reformation . They did not observe in how small a degree it bore upon individual character , and how nearly alike , to

    all intents and purposes , except in the knowledge of reading , writing , and arithmetic , a boy who had passed through one of these schools , and one who had never entered them , might be . The grand thing was to have large schools- —schools for hundreds— " schools for all , and not for Churchmen only / ' They planned for the world . " Meeting in the very worst parish in all London , in St . Giles ' s , they listened to reports of the progress they

    were making with the new method—in St . Giles ' s ? in any part of London ? in the country ? in Ireland ? No ; but in France , Spain , Poland , Russia , Finland—even on the shores of the Euxine and Caspian I" * There is a little of this spirit of dash in Mr . Bryce ' s pamphlet , in spite of its good sense and motive . But it must be regarded as a valuable contribution to the ge-- neral fund , ai > d , we hope , will lead to more serious consideration of the best mode of providing good National Education for England and Ireland .

    * Edinburgh Review , Vol . XXXIV . p . 235 .

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    BY THE LATE MR . GRIGG . Sweet Blackbird , sing on : and I wish I could sing : Well mayst thou be gay , for with thee it is Spring . Thy season enjoy : that fair season was mine , And , Warbler , my note was as tuneful as thine . But now , I ' m in Autumn , in Winter , for lo !

    Old Time on my locks has dropp'd fleeces of snow ; And Winter ' s the season for pleasure to creep , The season for nature to sit down and weep . And let the tears flow—they can flow but a while ; And yonder ' s a spring that for ever shall smile . If once yon deep river I safely get through , Gay songster , I'll warble it sweeter than you .

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    244 The Blackbird .

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    THE BLACKBIRD .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1829, page 244, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2571/page/20/