Avoid the path she trod;
And teach your sons in early years
The fear and love of God.
So shall their days, tho' doom'd to toil,
With peace and hope be blest;
And heav'n, when life's short task is o'er,
Receive their souls to rest.
The price of this improving publication was one halfpenny, and no one, observing the dramatic picture with which it begins, or reading the verses, will be disposed to think value for money was not given. Let us hope the parents of that age duly profited by the advice given!