8 JANUARY 1831, Page 12

'On the same principles, we prefer a reading-book consisting of

the entire work of one author, which we would have thorongly learned ; but if a reading-book, consisting of extracts from many

-works, were to be chosen, we should certainly pick out BERNAYS. Prose Anthology. The truth is education is no longer left tci the most ignorant or the most charlatan of mankind: greater knowledge and better taste are every day brought to the task, and it is no wonder that books of tuition improve.