We have no longer the same formal and ceremonial training; it is not possible in our own times under the altered conditions of life, yet it commands attention for those who have at heart the future well-being of the boys and girls of to-day.

The fundamental facts upon which manners are grounded remain the same.

These are, some of them, worth consideration:-- 1.

That manners represent a great deal more than mere social observances; they stand as the outward expression of some of the deepest springs of conduct, and none of the modern magic of philanthropy-- altruism, culture, the freedom and good-fellowship of democracy, replaces them, because, in their spirit, manners belong to religion.
2.

That manners are a matter of individual training, so that they could never be learnt from a book.