This game is dangerous, unless used with discretion. Great care should be taken that the ropes are strong and well secured, and the seat fastened firmly. Little girls should never be ambitious to swing higher than any of their companions. It is, at best, a very foolish ambition, and it may lead to dangerous accidents. Any little girl is unpardonable who pushes another violently while she is swinging.

This play should likewise be used with caution. It is a healthy exercise, and tends to make the form graceful; but it should be used with moderation. I have known instances of blood vessels burst by young ladies, who, in a silly attempt to jump a certain number of hundred times, have persevered in jumping after their strength was exhausted. There are several ways of jumping a rope :

1. Simply springing and passing the rope under the feet with rapidity.

2. Crossing arms at the moment of throwing the rope. 3. Passing the rope under the feet of two or three, who

jump at once, standing close, and laying hands on each other's shoulders.

4. The rope held by two little girls, one at each end, and thrown over a third, who jumps in the middle.

The more difficult feats should not be attempted, until the simpler ones are perfectly learned. A smooth hard surface should be chosen to jump upon, where there is nothing to entangle or obstruct the feet.

CORONELLA.

This is similar to Shuttlecock and Battledoor, but more difficult. Instead of striking the bird with a battledoor, two players throw it and catch it with wooden cups made for the purpose.

[This engraving is copied from a very well written and judicious book, concerning the active exercises of young ladies, called, A Course of Calisthenics for the use of Schools and Families. This book will be useful to mothers, particularly in cities, where it is sometimes difficult to take enough of the right sort of exercise.]

LA GRACE.

This is a new game, common in Germany, but introduced into this country from France. It derives its name from the graceful attitudes which it occasions. Two sticks are held in

the hands, across each other, like open scissors: the object is to throw and catch a small hoop upon these sticks. The hoop to be bound with silk, or ribbon, according to fancy. The game is played by two persons. The sticks are held straight, about four inches apart, when trying to catch the hoop; and when the hoop is thrown, they are crossed like a pair of scissors. In this country it is called The Graces, or The Flying Circle.