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You must know, that Mrs. B——'s little boy must be very miserable, as he has no father, because Mr. B——, who was his father, is now dead, as I told you before. Now, my dear Mrs. P——, see how miserable it would make mothers and little boys, if the little boys' fathers are dead!… I now learn Latin, which I believe you know. I have three maps, England, Europe, and the World. I have also three sets of Chronological Tables; the English, the Roman, and the French. In the county of Oxfordshire is Woodstock; in the county of Devonshire is Exeter, which is the capital town; also in Cheshire is the river Wever. In Yorkshire is the town of Leeds; York the capital town; and in Northumberland, Alnewick. In Cornwall, is Launceston, the capital town. Bodmin also is in Cornwall; in Cumberland is Whitehaven; so in Lincolnshire is Boston.… Now the Latin goes on very well; for I did such a good exercise to-day, that you cannot think it. My Latin Dictionary teaches