ADVERTISEMENT. THE hiftory of the following production is briefly this:-A lady, fond of blank verfe, demanded a poem of that kind from the author, and gave him the SOFA for a fubject. He obeyed; and, having much leifure, connected another subject with it; and, pursuing the train of thought to which his fituation and turn of mind led him, brought forth at length, instead of the trifle which he at first intended, a ferious affair-a Volume! In the Poem on the subject of Education, he would be very forry to stand suspected of having aimed his cenfure at any particular school. His objections are fuch as naturally apply themselves to schools in general. If there were not, as for the most part there is, wilful neglect in those who manage them, and an omission even of such difcipline as they are fufceptible of, the objects are yet 139122 too numerous for minute attention; and the aching hearts of ten thousand parents, mourning under the bittereft of all disappointments, atteft the truth of the allegation. His quarrel, therefore, is with the mischief at large, and not with any particular inftance of it. |