mother's attention away from her, arousing the visitors' interest, and monopolizing the sweet presents. Still, she went on showing love for the brother, while making mischief and being contrary in other situations.

Until then it had pleased her to hear that she behaved like a big girl; but now she began to curl her lips on hearing that expression.

The mother perceived the fire of jealousy flaring up in her daughter's soul, so she began to spend more time with her and tried to convince her in practice that she was still the object of her concern. At school, the feeling of hostility may obstruct the child's natural course, so that he becomes angry and resentful, far from his companions; and bad habits may grow in him, such as stealing from home or from school, at which he grows inventive in concocting excuses, or he may leave the house in the morning to play all day instead of going to school.

Anger alone is not the cause of the child's abnormal behavior; loneliness shares in it too, paining the soul, and under its effect the child feels deprivation and resentment. Educators must therefore be alert to these behaviors, and work consciously to understand the individual and treat him, so as to help the growth of a sound mind and a healthy soul.

From the atmospheres of home and school we take a step toward society, and this time the magazine "Coronet" carries us back to the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, reviewing with charm some of the rules of conduct followed in that period among various peoples — while we, from the summit of an age surging forward, stand and heave a sigh of wonder and astonishment at this rapid development,

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