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THIS is the first time Clarissa has worn her new bonnet; and she takes a long time to arrange the strings before the glass. Her mother is waiting impatiently, and is sorry to see such an evident display of pride. Did you ever remark children in the street, or at church or Sunday-school, who looked as if they thought themselves of great importance just because they had on a new article of dress? The different ways in which they try to attract attention amuse sensible people very much. They had better learn the old rhyme,-

"Let me be dress'd fine as I will,
Flies, worms, and flowers exceed me still."