A.-The commercial import of this letter is that it signifies "accepted;" @ is used for "at," and à for "to."

In Logic this letter denotes a universal affirmative proposition, as, A asserts, and E denies.

A in Music is the nominal of the sixth note in the natural diatonic scale, as well as the natural key in the minor mood. In the violin it is the open note of the second string, by which the other strings are regulated and tuned.

A I is a mark used to signify the first classification of ships at Lloyds'. Conventionally, this expression is used to denote anything of the superlative degree of excellence.

Accomplishments, VALUE OF, TO MARRIED WOMEN.-The greater part of a woman's life ought to be, and necessarily must be, passed at home; the more sedentary resources, therefore, she possesses, by which her time may be cheerfully occupied, the less will she suffer from any occasional privations of society, or even of health. Sometimes a husband is obliged to be frequently, and for long periods, absent from home. A commercial traveller, for example. In such cases, her acquirements and information may be as companions to her, whiling away the hours of solitude, which would otherwise be spent in indolence and discontent.

A medical man relates of a rich female patient, that she was daily exclaiming, "Oh! that I could sew!" She appeared to be surrounded with every gift of fortune, and yet was a miserable woman. At the time she was in the habit of expressing this humble wish she had passed the meridian of life, and although not actually an invalid, yet she was not

strong enough to mingle in her gay circle. She therefore retired to her country seat, to live in comparative privacy. Thus, by necessity, banished from general society, she was completely at a loss for amusement suitable to her state and present situation. She was without any resource to kill time. In reading she had never delighted; she had long abandoned every accomplishment, and she had never known at any period of her life how to use the needle, so that from the time of the commencement of her retirement till her death she dragged on a miserable existence, wandering, with a dull and discontented spirit, about her splendid apartments, or driving through the park in her coronetted carriage, a daily, monotonous round.

Besides accomplishments being a re source of pleasure to married women themselves, by a due exercise of them they will attach a husband to his home and family circle, and promote the innocent amusement of young people and children. Men have so many out-door resources, that it is good policy, if nothing else, to make home attractive as well as comfortable. Domestic economy and home duties should not be made the constant theme of a woman's conversation. A man keeps his business worries to himself; and when he comes home he does not expect to be perplexed with domestic accidents, cheating of tradesmen, or misdemeanours of servants. Let his example be followed in all cases where advice, or support, or assistance is not absolutely necessary, and pleasant, cheerful themes be chosen, or amusement selected which shall render the evening and leisure hours those of relaxation and enjoyment, and tend to

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