_Grandfather._ If you were playing with a toy, and _Bartle_ wished to have it, perhaps you would part from it to please him; if you did, you would oblige him. _William._ Should not I want it myself? _Grandfather._ You would be pleased to see him delighted with it, and he would love you the better, and when _George_ goes out, and you stay at home, if you love him as well as you do yourself, you will be happy to see his joy. _William._ I shall be happy to see his joy. _Grandfather._ Your parents are always watching over you all, for your good; in order to correct what is amiss in your tempers, and teach you how you ought to behave; they will rejoice to see you fond of each other, and will love you all the better. _William._ Grandpa, I remember that my brother wrote a piece last _Christmas_, which you called Brotherly Love.—I wish I could remember it. _Grandfather._ I recollect it;—you shall learn to repeat it. _William._ I shall like that; pray let me hear it now, sir. _Grandfather._ You shall. “The children of our family should be like the fingers on a hand; each help the other, and each in his separate station promote the good of the whole. The joy of one should be the joy of the whole. Children in a house should agree together like the birds in a nest, and love each other.” _William._ I thank you grandpa: I remember _Watts’_ hymn: “Birds in their little nests agree, “And ’tis a shameful sight, “When children of one family, “Fall out and chide and fight.” The master _Rebels_ often fight; many say that it is jealousy that makes them do so.—Pray, grandpa, what is jealousy? _Grandfather._ A passion which I hope will never enter your breast. Your excellent parents love you all equally, and take care to make it appear that they do so. A good parent looks around with equal love on each child, if all be equally good, and each be kind to the rest. When a family is affectionate, how happy is every member of it! each rejoiceth at the happiness of the rest, and so multiplies his own satisfactions. Is any one distressed? the tender and compassionate assistance of the rest mitigates where it cannot wholly relieve his pain! “Our joys when thus shared are always increas’d, “And griefs when divided are hushed into peace.” THE USEFUL PLAY. _First Girl._ Let us lay words. Where is the box? _Second Girl._ How do you play? _First Girl._ I will show you. Here I give you c, e, u, h, q, and n; now place them so as to make a word. _Second Girl._ It is _quench_! _First Girl._ You are quick; now let us pick out some words for _Charles_. What shall we choose? _Second Girl._ Let us lay thrust, thresh, branch, ground, school, thirst, quince, quail, and dearth. _First Girl._