The Fellow-‘Prentices at Their Looms.

“The drunkard shall come to poverty, and drowsiness shall clothe a man with rags.”

Proverbs, chap. xxiii. verse 21.

“The hand of the diligent maketh rich.”

Proverbs, chap. x. verse 4.

The first print presents us with a noble and striking contrast in two apprentices at the looms of their master, a silk-weaver of Spitalfields: in the one we observe a serene and open countenance, the distinguishing mark of innocence; and in the other a sullen, down-cast look, the index of a corrupt mind and vicious heart. The industrious youth is diligently employed at his work, and his thoughts taken up with the business he is upon. His book, called the “‘Prentice’s Guide,” supposed to be given him for instruction, lies open beside him, as if perused with care and attention. Th............