THE SON OF A GENIUS; A TALE, FOR THE USE OF YOUTH. By MRS. HOFLAND, AUTHOR OF THE "HISTORY OF AN OFFICER'S WIDOW A NEW EDITION. Lay hold of Instruction, keep her, for she is thy Life. PROVERBO LONDON: PRINTED FOR J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S ΤΟ F. P. H— -D, THE AUTHOR'S SON. ACCEPT, my dear Son, this little work, as a proof of that tender regard and sincere desire for your improvement, not only in the learning of the mind, but of the heart, in which it is not less my duty than inclination to instruct you. Deprived on your very entrance into life of an excellent father, whose paternal care would have protected, and whose example would have enlightened you, there have |