It should also be particularly observed, that it is next to prayer in solemnity, and should only be adopted on extraordinary occasions.

Any levity manifested either by the teacher or the pupils will be fatal to the effect.

But to illustrate it, I will state a fact.

In the play-ground of an Infant School there was an early dwarf cherry-tree, which, from its situation, had fruit, while other trees had only flowers.

It became, therefore, an object of general attention, and ordinarily called forth a variety of important observations.