It is true we want a better race of teachers, but we must have a better sort of schools first; for it is only from these that a better race of teachers can be supplied.

The well trained infants of this generation, will make the efficient teachers of the next.
We will suppose the children to be seated in the gallery, the doors of the school closed, and every thing snug and quiet; _the teacher must be alone_, and there must be nothing to distract the children's attention.

He must then bring out his store of facts which he has noted down as they occurred; he makes his selection according to circumstances, according to the state of his own mind; not forgetting the state of mind that the children may be in, and especially the state of the weather.

The following little ditty may then be repeated, the subject being On Cruelty to Animals.
I'll never hurt my little dog, But stroke and pat his head; I love to see him wag his tail, I like to see him fed.
Poor little thing, how very good And very useful too; And do you know?
that he will mind What he is bid to do.
Then I will never hurt my dog, Nor ever give him pain, But I will always treat him kind, And he will love again.
If the children do not appear so bright as the teacher should desire, the before-mentioned ditty, after it has been repeated, may be sung.
But the tune must be such as would be likely to operate upon the moral feelings; great caution and circumspection is necessary in selecting proper times for children, and this must be guided by the subject treated of.

If the subject is exhilarating, a lively tune must be selected; if the subject is serious, a corresponding tune must also be chosen; but if the subject is intended to operate upon the feelings, what is usually called "_a love tune_" will be the most desirable.