eggs, butter, etc., become their own property, and from the profits of these, which they carry to the markets and sell, they provide their pantries with the necessary teas, sugar, coffee, etc., and themselves and their children with clothes. "Between the peasant class and nobility there are many grades and classes varying more or less in the refinement of their manners as well as in the extent of their education, but as it would not be possible and is also unnecessary for our purpose to describe them all in particular, I prefer to include them all under the head of gentry, and for these a more ample education is provided. The daughters of the gentry must, in addition to the aforesaid rudiments of knowledge, have a very thorough education in history as well as in grammar, mathematics, and natural and physical geography. They must know French and English, and have an intelligent understanding of the literature of those countries, as well as of that of Germany. They must learn fine needle-work and the art of governing a house and of educating young children. They must also acquire a knowledge of good manners and an understanding of society. They must be able to receive company and do the honors of the house. In addition to this they will have an intelligent understanding of music and art. For all of these branches of knowledge there are schools provided, and according to the position or wealth of the parents, or the intelligence and application of the daughters, will vary the refinement and education of each. As, for instance, the education of a country squire's daughter will be superior to that of a wholesale merchant's daughter, and that of the wholesale merchant's daughter will be superior to that of the retail merchant's daughter. The daughter of a very wealthy banker will be educated above the daughters of the merchants; the daughter of a professor of the University above that of the daughters of a professor of the Gymnasium, and so on; and each will fill a position in life differing from that of the others, according to the respect in which the position of the parents is held.