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unless some change can be effected . The peculiar circumstances of JamataA . fctf & pot the abeenc * 6 f \ vanU among' the * Wapfc ^ for the y are Tdhd ' or ^ raery and various Indulgences , l > tit , a&ong < khkr causes , a low state of morality and education , owing ; to the absenteeism of the great proprietors ; and , what is still more important , the thin
population of that fertile and beautiful island , not half of which is appropriated ; where an acre of land may be purchased for about twenty shillings , and , with about twelve days' labour , two acres will yield provisions for a family for a year . Nay , where , by going into the interior as squatters * as it is called , the negroes may take their choice of the land for themselves . Who would toil all his days to raise sugar-canes that could live such a life as this ? .
To promote among the negroes civilization , and a love for their cottages , and grounds , and domestic ties , are among the foremost of the means recommended by Mr . Innes to encourage them to labour . To promote the immigration of European married labourers is another ; and it was the opinion of most medical men that they could stand the
climate welly if sober , except in particular districts . Added to these means , it is asserted that the introduction of modern improvements in agriculture , and of machinery , will be found necessary even in the colonies most favourably circumstanced , to counterbalance the withdrawal of the women and children from field labour , which will be the inevitable
consequence of the progress of civilization and education . ' These are the chief and leading suggestions thrown out by Mr . Innes to the attention of the West India planters . They are accompanied by others suited to the condition of the different colonies . The whole pamphlet is written with remarkable clearness and conciseness , and is full
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Tales that might be true . Houlston . 4 True Independence / * Blue Socks / * Charity / The best Reward , ' are the titles of the four tales that might be true . ' They are amongst the best constructed fictions for children that we have seen for some time . The means and the end are , to us , alike excellent , for to the lesson inculcated we yield an unmodified assent , not often conceded to the morality of publications of this class . The only drawback on our
enjoyment is the tone of some portions of the second story ( 'Blue Socks , the diminutive of blue stockings , ) in which the smartness of the writer verges too much on the sarcastic for our taste , or for our notion of what is tftioiesome for the young . The writer has , we suspect , the power and propensity of satire in a considerable degree , but they are restrained and regulated by principle and kind feeling . Parents and teachers may do Well to give his book to their children , ( not as a prize , ) and the benefit will be increased by their reading it themselves .
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Thanks fi » r the communication on Mutual Instruction Societies . We hope soon tp Wre time for so useful a subject . ' We hum not seen the article in a northern periodical ; our present impression is thai the aspe—iona referred to are not worth notice . Him was no intention to annoy in our mention of an anonymous critiaue , or wllifstetittojtat , Jbr ' we bad received two on the same work . Nor will it afffect our stewMMf bg , fee paper fat question . < 1 & Istter Irosn Haetfm £ p wa * received ; bat the < Monthly Repository' keeps the ppaf ) ajfciOlinattaMof «* atwT « xmi » l aad dogmatical tfrsology *
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1835, page 756, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2651/page/64/
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