It gave admittance to the street which contained the church, and which terminated in another street, the principal one in the town of C----.

In this was situated the school to which I daily wended.

I cannot now recall to mind the face of its good conductor, nor of any of his scholars; but I have before me a strong general image of the interior of his establishment.

I remember the reverence with which I was wont to carry to his seat a well-thumbed duodecimo, the _History of Greece_ by Oliver Goldsmith.

I remember the mental agonies I endured in attempting to master the art and mystery of penmanship; a craft in which, alas, I remained too short a time under Mr.R---- to become as great a proficient as he made his other scholars, and which my awkwardness has prevented me from attaining in any considerable perfection under my various subsequent pedagogues.