Now let us not be unwise in teaching these things. Let us be satisfied if we secure the interest of the pupils in the selection and get from them the smile of approval, the look of guilt, the slight indication of a determination to profit by the lesson. Many times we will refrain from comment lest we spoil the effect of something much finer, more inspiring than anything we can say ourselves. The things we have chosen for their direct influence on the growing character of children will be grouped by subject in three general classes: A. The selections in this group are calculated to set children to thinking properly about some serious subjects. While not as important as some others may be in the formation of character, they are yet of no small consequence. 1. Wisdom, ignorance, keenness, wit, etc., in some of their many phases are shown in the fables and the brief poem listed here: _The Ass in the Lion's Skin_, Volume I, page 65. _The Fox and the Stork_, I, 73. _The Fox and the Grapes_, I, 135. _The Bat and the Two Weasels_, I, 154. _The Horse and the Stag_, I, 338. _The Fox, the Wolf and the Horse_, I, 377. _The Bald Knight_, I, 385. _The Wolf and the Lamb_, I, 455. _Minerva and the Owl_, II, 7. _The Country Squire_, VI, 474. (To ridicule ignorance but not the ignorant person is sometimes a valuable means of inciting a love for knowledge.) 2. The importance of attention to little things is inculcated in the following: _The Lion and the Mouse_, Volume I, page 75. _The Reaper and the Flowers_, I, 410. _The Daffodils_, VII, 1. _The Petrified Fern_, VII, 77. 3. The following will help to create habits of promptness, industry and perseverance: _Time to Rise_, Volume I, page 340. _The Hare and the Tortoise_, I, 71. _The Lark and Her Young Ones_, I, 131. _Industry and Sloth_, I, 300. _Whittington and His Cat_, I, 442. _Tom, the Water Baby_, II, 215. _The Village Blacksmith_, IV, 86. _Bruce and the Spider_, V, 314. 4. These show the sterling worth of independence and the real equality of man: _The Village Blacksmith_, Volume IV, page 86. _For A' That and A' That_, VII, 149. 5. Courage and bravery are shown to be admirable and cowardice is made shameful in these selections: _The Boy and the Nettle_, Volume I, page 65. _The Mice and the Cat_, I, 197. 6. The evil of conceit and overweening self-esteem may be shown emphatically by the use of such selections as these: _The Gnat and the Bull_, Volume I, page 70. _The Cock and the Horses_, I, 146. _The Pea Blossom_, I, 205. _The Sparrow and the Eagle_, II, 8. _The Milkmaid_, II, 374. 7. Flattery as a vice is made to seem unworthy, and its victim ridiculous in the two selections following: _The Fox and the Crow_, Volume I, page 64. _The Spider and the Fly_, III, 19.