Redresse-toi donc. — Stand up straight, now

230. S'il ne dépend pas toujours de nous. — If it does not always dépend on ourselves.

231. We would call attention to this portion of the work as an instance of the minuteness of attention paid by the French to their children's éducation, — an attention which extends to their looks, their bearing and their manners, as well as to the more important éléments of character. In the lesson which the grandfather gives on politeness, page 170, note 296, we shali hâve occasion to refer to this subject again.