Education Of The Brain

The braln can be trained jiist 1 ík o tliu band. This Ia the grcat subject of educatioo. An empty bead la an ct.1 bead; an untralueO braln Ís a mlschievous braln. Tbe brain must be usud all rouud, and perhaps tb greatest danger of scbool cduc&tion at present Ís tbat tbe inemory Ís cultlvated prlnclpally or almost alone. It Is not walklng encjclopsedla that do good Ín tbe world, bul skllled brains, able to tbitik and uot inercia to remember. No teaching is likcly to be o] uiui'li permanent valúe whlob doea in exercUe otlier íacultics oí tbe mimi, tbc reflection and judlug ixjwcrs, tbe power oí glvlns; undlvlded ultcntlou nd tbe power 01 taklnj; iialu. Interest in the wenk li essentlal to truc progreu, and the most enduring knonledgt! Is tbat wliich wc teacli ourselvett. imaiiiiiatlou sbould be stlpulatetj br wbolesoine and siIrrlnK stnrip-i and all tbe wealtu of poetry; and tlie will buuld bc educatcd hy forcini; ouraelves to do OUI tlutles proinptlv, cvi-n ulu-u disagrecable, ai tber (o ofteu ara. Ilablts are lai-jely tbc rceult of tralnlnR; tbe same part of the braln U used over nd over aaln; the nervous cuera; tr.ivwls tbe same set of libres from the same ceutre time aftcr time, uutil ultímatela It mmn Without au? control and almost unconscioubly. Tbc palnful eITorts of loaruinz au art In the end glve n unnoticed masterv over 11. Hcrc il tbe danïcr of self-liidulgence in anv vice.- C'. JI. J'vllocc, Ai. C T in the Chaut.nujHuu. It Is salisfactory to lcurn Ibut Ilenrv M. Stanley Is alivc and well eoniewlicre in Afric.i, altboueh bis postal faclllties are srtuuwua' obstriKVjd.-