Early Schools and School-Books of New England

Early Schools and School-Books of New England PDF

Author: George Emery Littlefield

Publisher: Legare Street Press

Published: 2022-10-27

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781019078976

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Early New England Schools (Classic Reprint)

Early New England Schools (Classic Reprint) PDF

Author: Walter Herbert Small

Publisher:

Published: 2015-07-09

Total Pages: 414

ISBN-13: 9781331006381

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Excerpt from Early New England Schools The object of this book is not so much to furnish the author's opinions and conclusions, as to furnish the material from which the reader may form his own opinions and conclusions. With this in view, much is given directly from the old records, retaining the quaint phraseology and construction but modernizing the spelling for greater ease in reading. The order is that of the logical development of the schools through their various transition periods, with such excerpts from the laws as show the growth in legal power. The motive for the work lies in the following statement in Mr. George H. Martin's preface to his book, "The Evolution of the Massachusetts School System." He says, "This book is not a history..., for such a work the materials are ample and only await the approach of some one who has time and the inclination to use them." The curiosity aroused by that statement led to the first record, that to the second, until curiosity became a disease. However, this is not a history, but rather the materials out of which history may be made. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Old-Time Schools and School-Books

Old-Time Schools and School-Books PDF

Author: Clifton Johnson

Publisher: Theclassics.Us

Published: 2013-09

Total Pages: 78

ISBN-13: 9781230452791

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1904 edition. Excerpt: ...fr/'eze frig/it fruf't Ga/t, gad Portion of a Page. From Fiske's New England Spelling-book, 1803-"Damn " included among the " words which fhould be well learned by every Scholar." But words just as much out of place are not uncommon in the old spellers. To quote a text-book preface of 1828, "They contain words collected from all departments of nature, life, and action; from the nursery, the kitchen, the drawing-room, the stable, the bar-room, the gaming table, the seaman's wharf, the apothecary's shop; from the subtle pages of the metaphysician, and the rhapsodies of the pompous pedant." The latter part of Fiske's speller, comprising the larger half, consists of the Constitution of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of Massachusetts, and Washington's Farewell Address. But preceding these profundities are a few short reading lessons of a more entertaining character including two " Moral Tales " which each have an illustration, the only pictures in the book. One of the tales was about--A CHILD, playing with a tame ferpent, faid to it, My dear little animal, doft thou imagine I would be fo familiar with thee if thy venom was not taken out; you ferpents are the moft perverfe, ungrateful creatures. I remember to have read, that a good naturcd countryman found a ferpent under a hedge, almoft dead with cold. He took it up and warmed it in his.breaft; but it was fcarcely come to life when it ftung its benefactor, and the too charitable peafant died of the wound. This is aftonifhing faid the ferpent: How partial are your hiftorians! Ours relate this hiftory in a different manner. Your charitable peafant believed the ferpent dead: Its fkin was beautifully variegated with...

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