Once again. Behold a class of children with the picture of a sheep before them--to be taught, one would have supposed, the natural history of that animal, and to learn something about the material of which their little flannel petticoats and worsted stockings are made; when lo! in place of this, they are informed that "though their sins are red as crimson, they shall be as _wool_!!" If it were necessary to use any interjection here, surely a loud ovine _bah!_ would be the most appropriate and natural. But _revenons à nos moutons_, for presently afterwards occurs this question--"What does the Bible tell us about wool?" Answer: "Gideon wrung a fleece!" Bah! again, for what other _commentary_ can be made on such _instruction_ as this? Why, Jason filched one; and the Lord Chancellor sits upon a woolsack; and either of these answers would convey as much useful knowledge to a child's mind, though they are not to be met with in the Bible. [E] Notwithstanding their number, we would suggest one more, the "corrective alphabet," in which all the symbols should stand representative for objects agreeable to babes, and, _ex._ _gr._, after their innocent lips have been made to falter out Herod's formidable name, we would point to ours, where-- _H_ stands for honey, so sweet and so good. These unfortunate babes are to know a little of every thing: so, after going through _versified_ weights and measures--arithmetic, including the higher branches--geometry--we hardly know what is _omitted_ in this most comprehensive miscellany--they arrive at philosophy, and learn a great deal to the tune of "Miss Bailley." We give one stanza out of many, as an example:-- "The wondrous globe on which we live, Is close surrounded every where By something quite invisible, And callèd _atmospheric air_! This air is fluid, light and thin, And formed of _gases_ well _combined_! It carries sound and odour well, But put in motion it is _wind_!" At the end of each verse, the infant chorus repeats with enthusiasm, not "Poor Miss Bailley! unfortunate Miss Bailley!" &c., but-- "Oh how curious,--wonderfully curious, The _laws of nature_ are indeed Most wonderfully curious!" The geography is as good as the physics:-- "A _channel_ is a passage wide That flows from sea to sea; When narrow it is call'd a _strait_,-- _Thanks to Geography_!" . . . . . "When wise and older I am grown, I'll try and tell you more, But Teacher says _enough is known_ An infant's mind to _store_!"