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MANNERS.

Mr. Macnaghten has dwelt very ably on this subject. He arranges manners into three classes, viz.:—

(1) Good manners in word,
(2) Good manners in act,
(3) Good manners in gesture and appearance.

I shall first simply give you some quotations from his lecture on the general subject of manners and then add a few remarks of my own if they seem to be called for. Mr. Macnaghten, in addressing his pupils, said: "It has long been in my mind to say to you something on the subject of Good Manners. For this is a subject which, you will admit, is of daily, of hourly, importance to us all. We all know the difference between good and bad manners, between habits which are rude and habits which are gentle, and we know what a