which served also as a dish; and after begging permission to dip a biscuit in their gravy for the benefit of my patient, I told my tale, and was gratified by the eagerness which they manifested to assist me; one ran to catch a horse with a soft Hussar saddle, (there were hundreds galloping over the field,) and the rest went with me to the youth, whom we found surprisingly recovered, though he was still unable to speak.  The horse was brought, and as we raised the young Frenchman to put him upon it, his vest opened, and his "livret" fell out.  This is a little book which every French soldier is obliged to carry, and which contains an account of his name, age, pay, accoutrements, and services.  I picked it up, and offered it to my patient—­but the young man murmured the name of “Annette,” and fainted.  “Annette!” the name thrilled through every nerve.  I hastily opened the livret, and found that it was indeed Louis Tissand whom I had saved!  The rest is soon told.  Louis reached Brussels in safety, and even Madame’s selfishness gave way to rapture on recovering her son.  As to Annette—­but why perplex myself to describe her feelings?  If my readers have ever loved, they may conceive them.  Louis soon recovered; indeed with such a nurse he could not fail to get well.  When I next visited Brussels, I found Annette surrounded by three or tour smiling cherubs, to whom I was presented as le bon Anglais, who preserved the life of their papa.

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GERMAN SCHOOLS.

A law respecting schools has existed, more or less, in the states of the south of Germany, for above a century, but which has been greatly improved within the last thirty years.  By this law, parents are compelled to send their children to school, from the age of six to fourteen years, where they must be taught reading, writing, and arithmetic, but where they may acquire as much additional instruction in other branches as their parents choose to pay for.  To many of the schools of Bavaria large gardens are attached, in which, the boys are taught the principal operations of agriculture and gardening in their hours of play; and, in all the schools of the three states, the girls, in addition to the same instruction as the boys, are taught knitting, sewing, embroidery, &c.  It is the duty of the police and priest (which may be considered equivalent to our parish vestries) of each commune or parish, to see that the law is duly executed, the children sent regularly, and instructed duly.  If the parents are partially or wholly unable to pay for their children, the commune makes up the deficiency.  Religion is taught by the priest of the village or hamlet; and where, as is frequently the case in Wurtemberg, there are two or three religions in one parish, each child is taught by the priest of its parents; all of