The act of opening and shutting a door in a noisy manner is altogether too insignificant a fault to deserve this long discussion of the method of curing it, were it not that methods founded on the same principles, and conducted in the same spirit, are applicable universally in all that pertains to the domestic management of children.

And it is a method, too, directly the opposite of that which is often--I will not say generally, but certainly very often--pursued.

The child tells the truth many times, and in some cases, perhaps, when the inducement was very strong to tell an untruth.

We take no notice of these cases, considering it a matter of course that he should tell the truth.

We reserve our action altogether for the first case when, overcome by a sudden temptation, he tells a lie, and then interpose with reproaches and punishment.