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Anſwer to the foregoing.
Dear Sir,
According to your requeſt, I made every neceſſary inquiry; and am happy to inform you, that within about two miles of my reſidence there is a gentleman of the church who keeps a ſchool, that bears a moſt excellent character: his attention to the young gentlemen under his care is remarkable—his terms are moderate—and his mode of teaching univerſally approved of: he wiſely endeavours to render the arduous talk of learning more a pleaſure than a toil; corrects with gentlenſs the ſeveral errors of forward diſpoſitions; and inſtils ſuch noble principles in their young minds, that, as they improve in years, grow up with them. His firſt and general care is making them write letters with eaſe and elegance.—This he does by putting the Letter Writer into their hands, and making each eſtabliſh a correſpondence with another, while a certain day in the week is appropriated for examining their epiſtles, and very due encouragement is given to ſuch as excel in their productions. Should it pleaſe any friend to ſend his ſon to this ſchool, he may depend upon my conſtant viſits to ſee him and a faithful communication of what progreſs he makes. I ſhall alſo endeavour to render the young gentleman's holidays as agreeable to him as poſſible; and, by ſhewing my affection for the ſon, prove how much I am his father's moſt obedient, &c.
