Chapter 3

OF EDUCATION.

I. To a friend who recommended the author to learn this thing and that 104

II. To a friend who studied many things 110

III. To the same 120

IV. To a student of literature 130

V. To a country gentleman who regretted that his son had the tendencies of a dilettant 134

VI. To the principal of a French college 137

VII. To the same 143

VIII. To a student of modern languages 149

IX. To the same 153

X. To a student who lamented his defective memory 165

XI. To a master of arts who said that a certain distinguished painter was half-educated 170