From the Nsw Monthiy Moga.inp.
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He must be incorrigibly unamiable, who IS not little improved by becoming fa,h- CT. Some there are, however, who know not how 10 appreciate the blessings with which Providence has filled their culver {; who receive with coldness a sons greeting or daughters kiss; who have principle enough properly to feed, and clothe, and educate their children, to labor for their support and provision, but possess not the affection which turns duty into delight ; who arc surrounded with blossoms, bu, know not the art of extracting their exquis- lte sweets. How different is the effect of true parental love, where nature, duty, hab- It, and feeling, combine to constitute an af- lection the purest, the deepest and the strongest, the most enduring, :he least ex- acting of any of which the human heart is capable

 The selfish bachelor may shudder when he thinks of the consequences of family 1; he may picture to himself filtered rooms and injured furniture; imagine the noise and confusion, the expense and the cares, from which he is luckily free hug himself in his solitude, and pity his unfortunate neighbor, who has half dozen squalling children to torment and impoverish him. The unfortunate neighbor, however, re- turns the compliment with interest, sighs over the loneliness ofthe wealthy bachelor, and can never see, without feelings of re- gret, rooms where no stray plaything tells of the occasional presence of a child, gar- dens where no tiny footmark reminds him of his treasures at home. He has listened to his heart, and learned from it precious secret; he knows how to convert noise into harmony, expense into self-graii6ca- reaps, in one days intercourse with his family. a harvest of love and enjoyment rich enough to repay years of ioil and care. He listens eagerly on his threshold for the boisterous greeting he is sure to receive, feels refreshed by the mere pattering sound of the darlings' feet, as they hurry to re- ceive his kiss, and cures, by a noisy game at romps, the weariness and headache which he gained in his intercourse with men. But it is not only to their parents and near connexions that children are inleres. ting and delightful; they are general favor. ties. and their careSses are slighled hy none but the strange, the affected, or the mo- rose. have, indeed, heard q fine lady declare that sho preferred puppy ar a kitten to child; and wondered she had not sens0 enough to conceal her want of womanly feeling; and know another fair simplOton, who considers it beneath her to