These Belong
To A Charitable Institution, Or School, Which Hears The Name Of The
Blue Coat School.
The singing of the choristers in the streets, so
usual with us, is not at all customary here.
Indeed, there is in
England, or at least in London, such a constant walking, riding, and
driving up and down in the streets, that it would not be very
practicable. Parents here in general, nay even those of the lowest
classes, seem to be kind and indulgent to their children, and do
not, like our common people, break their spirits too much by blows
and sharp language. Children should certainly be inured early to
set a proper value on themselves; whereas with us, parents of the
lower class bring up their children to the same slavery under which
they themselves groan.
Notwithstanding the constant new appetites and calls of fashion,
they here remain faithful to nature - till a certain age. What a
contrast, when I figure to myself our petted, pale-faced Berlin
boys, at six years old, with a large bag, and all the parade of
grown-up persons, nay even with laced coats; and here, on the
contrary see nothing but fine, ruddy, slim, active boys, with their
bosoms open, and their hair cut on their forehead, whilst behind it
flows naturally in ringlets. It is something uncommon here to meet
a young man, and more especially a boy, with a pale or sallow face,
with deformed features, or disproportioned limbs. With us, alas!
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