The necessity as well as the propriety of well regulated domestic arrangements, cannot for one moment be questioned; every income has its limit; the enormous rent-roll of some of our wealthiest nobles has proved unequal to their expenditure, while the limited means of others has not prevented them presenting a respectable appearance, without incurring a single debt they could not meet when called upon to pay. From whence spring these opposite results? The answer is obvious, reckless extravagance on the one hand, and a well-organized system of domestic economy on the other. Which is the most commendable, productive of happiness, and beneficial to the interest of others, requires no reply.

The possession of a moderate income has at times been found inadequate to supply the wants of its possessor, difficulty and want have succeeded comparative affluence, a miserable beggary followed the descending steps. This wretched state of things is not always the result of a want of principle in limiting the wants to the means to meet them, but of actual ignorance in the judicious management of a household, the mistress of which is fearfully to blame, if she suffers her domestic expenses to exceed her husband's income; it is her duty to know its extent as nearly as possible and provide accordingly.

Unfortunately, although much has been said and written on the subject, domestic economy does not form one branch of the education of a young lady; she learns, of course, French, German, Italian, Music, Dancing, Drawing, takes