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(Kitchiner's Cook's Oracle 56th Thousand. 5s. Houlsion & Sons.) [DO GOOD TO YOUR ENEMY, THAT HE MAY BECOME YOUR FRIEND.] 45. The Family Circle Under this title a group of acquaintances in London once instituted and carried out a series of friendly parties. The following form of invitation, and the rules of the "Family Circle," will be found interesting, probably useful: Will you do me the favour of meeting here, as a guest, on------ next, at seven precisely, a few friends who have kindly joined in an attempt to commence occasional pleasant and social parties, of which the spirit and intent will be better understood by the perusal of the few annexed remarks and rules from Yours sincerely,------ "They manage it better in France," is a remark to be often applied with reference to social life in England, and the writer fancies that the prevalence here of a few bad customs, easily changed, causes the disadvantageous difference between ourselves and our more courteous and agreeable neighbours. i. Worldly appearance; the phantom leading many to suppose that wealth is the standard of worth--in the minds of friends, a notion equally degrading to both parties. ii. Overdress; causing unnecessary expense and waste of time. iii. Expensive entertainments, as regards refreshments. iv. Late hours. The following brief rules are suggested, in a hope to show the way to a more constant, easy, and friendly intercourse amongst friends, the writer feeling convinced that society is equally beneficial and requisite--in fact, that mankind in seclusion, like the sword in the scabbard, often loses polish, and gradually rusts.