OUTLINE FOR BLACKBOARD.MANNERS IN BORROWING.——————————Care of borrowed articles.What not to borrow.How to return a book.Returning an equivalent.Promptness in returning,—anecdote.
MANNERS IN BORROWING.——————————
Care of borrowed articles.What not to borrow.How to return a book.Returning an equivalent.Promptness in returning,—anecdote.
MANNERS IN BORROWING.
Itis an old saying, "He that goes borrowing goes sorrowing"; but it might often be more truly said of the one to whom the borrower goes.
We should be more careful of a borrowed article than if it were our own. If we are so unfortunate as to injure or lose it, we should replace it, if it can be done; if not, make the best possible apology. We have no right to lend a borrowed thing to an other without the owner's permission. Perhaps nothing is treated in this way oftener than a book. People who consider themselves honest and just will lend a borrowed book to half a neighborhood, and if it is defaced or lost will give themselves no concern about it.
It is not polite to borrow a garment to wear except of a relative or intimate friend. Neither is it good manners to ask for a garment or pattern to cut one by for ourselves: the owner may prefer not to have it copied. If a person admires a garment or pattern belonging to us, and we are willing to lend it, it is our place to offer it without its being asked for.
If a book or article to read is lent us, we should read it promptly, and when we return it say whatever pleasant things we can of it with truth. To send it back without expressing an opinion, or makingacknowledgment of the kindness, is inexcusable.
If we borrow something which is not to be returned itself, but its equivalent, we should be careful to return what is of as good or better quality, and as much in quantity, if not a little more, to make up for the trouble of the one who lends to us.
It is not polite to keep a borrowed article long; and if a time for returning it is specified, we should be careful not to neglect doing it when the time comes. If possible, we should return it ourselves, not give it to the owner to carry home or send it by another; and we should never omit to thank the lender. To compel the owner to send for his property is a gross violation of good manners on the part of the borrower. The owner should not send unless he feels that he can wait no longer, or unless the borrower is habitually careless and needs to be taught a lesson.
"I never ask a gentleman to return money he has borrowed," said one man to another.
"How then do you get it?" asked his friend.
"After a while," was the answer, "I conclude he is not a gentleman, and then I ask him."
This reasoning will apply in case of lending other things as well as money.
When we lend we should do so with cordial politeness and not spoil the favor by the half-hearted way in which we offer or grant it; but borrowing should be regarded as a necessary evil, to be resorted to only when it cannot well be avoided. The habitual borrower is a burden to society.
Historical Books for Young People
Young Folks' History of the United States
ByThomas Wentworth Higginson. Illustrated. $1.50.
The story of our country in the most reliable and interesting form. As a story-book it easily leads all other American history stories in interest, while as a text-book for the study of history it is universally admitted to be the best.
Young Folks' Book of American Explorers
ByThomas Wentworth Higginson. Uniform with the "Young Folks' History of the United States." One volume, fully illustrated. Price $1.50.
"It is not a history told in the third person, nor an historical novel for young folks, where the author supposes the chief characters to have thought and said such and such things under such and such circumstances; but it is the genuine description given by the persons who experienced the things they described in letters written home."—Montpelier Journal.
The Nation in a Nutshell
ByGeorge Makepeace Towle, author of "Heroes of History," "Young Folks' History of England," "Young Folks' History of Ireland," etc. Price 50 cents.
"To tell the story of a nation like ours in a nutshell, requires a peculiar faculty for selecting, condensing, and philosophizing. The brevity with which he relates the principal events in American history, does not detract from the charming interest of the narrative style."—Public Opinion.
Young People's History of England
ByGeorge Makepeace Towle. Cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
"The whole narrative is made interesting and attractive—in every way what a book of this kind should be in its clearness of statement, freshness of style, and its telling of the right ways."—Critic.
Handbook of English History
Based on "Lectures on English History," by the lateM. J. Guest, and brought down to the year 1880. With a Supplementary Chapter on the English Literature of the 19th Century. ByF. H. Underwood, LL.D.With Maps, Chronological Table, etc. $1.50.
"It approaches nearer perfection than anything in the line we have seen. It is succinct, accurate, and delightful."—Hartford Evening Post.
Young People's History of Ireland
ByGeorge Makepeace Towle, author of "Young People's History of England," "Young Folks' Heroes of History," etc. With an introduction byJohn Boyle O'Reilly. Cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
"The history is like a novel, increasing in interest to the very end, and terminating at the most interesting period of the whole; and the reader lays down the book a moment in enthusiastic admiration for a people who have endured so much, and yet have retained so many admirable characteristics."—N.Y. World.
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AN AMERICAN GIRL ABROAD.ByAdeline F. Trafton. 16mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
One of the most bright, chatty, wide-awake books of travel ever written. It abounds with information, is as pleasant reading as a story book, and full of the wit and sparkle of "An American Girl" let loose from school and ready for a frolic.
ONLY GIRLS.ByVirginia F. Townsend, Author of "That Queer Girl," &c., &c. 12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
"It is a thrilling story, written in a fascinating style, and the plot is adroitly handled."
It might be placed in any Sabbath School library, so pure is it in tone, and yet it is so free from the mawkishness and silliness that mar the class of books usually found there, that the veteran novel reader is apt to finish it at a sitting.
THE DOCTOR'S DAUGHTER.BySophie May, Author of "Our Helen," "The Asbury Twins," &c. 12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
"A delightful book, original and enjoyable," says theBrownville Echo.
"A fascinating story, unfolding, with artistic touch, the young life of one of our impulsive, sharp-witted, transparent and pure-minded girls of the nineteenth century," saysThe Contributor, Boston.
SALLY WILLIAMS.The Mountain Girl.By Mrs.Edna D. Cheney, Author of "Patience," "Social Games," "The Child of the Tide," &c. 12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
Pure, strong, healthy, just what might be expected from the pen of so gifted a writer as Mrs. Cheney. A very interesting picture of life among the New Hampshire hills, enlivened by the tangle of a story of the ups and downs of every-day life in this out-of-the-way locality. The characters introduced are quaintly original, and the adventures are narrated with remarkable skill.
LOTTIE EAMES.Or, do your best and leave the rest.By a Popular Author. 16mo, illus. $1.50.
"A wholesome story of home life, full of lessons of self-sacrifice, but always bright and attractive in its varied incidents."
RHODA THORNTON'S GIRLHOOD.By Mrs.Mary E. Pratt. 16mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
A hearty and healthy story, dealing with young folks and home scenes, with sleighing, fishing and other frolics to make things lively.
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SEVEN DAUGHTERS.By MissA. M. Douglas, Author of "In Trust," "Stephen Dane," "Claudia,""Sydnie Adriance," "Home Nook," "Nelly Kennard's Kingdom."12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
"A charming romance of Girlhood," full of incident and humor. The "Seven Daughters" are characters which reappear in some of Miss Douglas' later books. In this book they form a delightful group, hovering on the verge of Womanhood, with all the little perplexities of home life and love dreams as incidentals, making a fresh and attractive story.
OUR HELEN.BySophie May. 12mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
"The story is a very attractive one, as free from the sensational and impossible as could be desired, and at the same time full of interest, and pervaded by the same bright, cheery sunshine that we find in the author's earlier books. She is to be congratulated on the success of her essay in a new field of literature, to which she will be warmly welcomed by those who know and admire her 'Prudy Books.'"—Graphic.
THE ASBURY TWINS.BySophie May, Author of "The Doctor's Daughter," "Our Helen," &c. 12mo,cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
"Has the ring of genuine genius, and the sparkle of a gem of the first water. We read it one cloudy winter day, and it was as good as a Turkish bath, or a three hours' soak in the sunshine."—Cooperstown Republican.
THAT QUEER GIRL.By MissVirginia F. Townsend, Author of "Only Girls," &c. 12mo, cloth, illustrated.$1.50.
Queer only in being unconventional, brave and frank, an "old-fashioned girl," and very sweet and charming. As indicated in the title, is a little out of the common track, and the wooing and the winning are as queer as the heroine. TheNew Haven Registersays: "Decidedly the best work which has appeared from the pen of Miss Townsend."
RUNNING TO WASTE.The Story of a Tomboy.ByGeorge M. Baker. 16mo, cloth, illustrated.$1.50.
"This book is one of the most entertaining we have read for a long time. It is well written, full of humor, and good humor, and it has not a dull or uninteresting page. It is lively and natural, and overflowing with the best New England character and traits. There is also a touch of pathos, which always accompanies humor, in the life and death of the tomboy's mother."—Newburyport Herald.
DAISY TRAVERS:Or the Girls of Hive Hall.ByAdelaide F. Samuels, Author of "Dick andDaisy Stories," "Dick Travers Abroad," &c. 16mo, cloth, illustrated. $1.50.
The story of Hive Hall is full of life and action, and told in the same happy style which made the earlier life of its heroine so attractive, and caused the Dick and Daisy books to become great favorites with the young. What was said of the younger books can, with equal truth, be said of Daisy grown up.
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Price 30 cents net By mail 35 cents
Miss West's Class in GeographyBy MissSparhawkLessons on MannersBy MissWigginNatural History PlaysByLouisa Parsons Hopkins
Young Folks' Pictures and Stories of Animals
Pictures and Stories of Quadrupeds}ByPictures and Stories of BirdsMrs.Pictures and Stories of Fishes and ReptilesSanborn TenneyPictures and Stories of Bees and other InsectsPictures and Stories of Sea and River ShellsWith 500 illustrationsPictures and Stories of Sea-urchins and Corals
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I.Simple Poems and Easy Rhymes}Edited by ProfessorII.Select Poetry for School and HomeCampbellPaper 20cIII.Choice Poetry for School and Homenet, boards 30c.netA Kiss for a BlowByHenry Clarke WrightChild's Book Of HealthBy Dr.Blaisdell
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Robinson CrusoeArranged for Schools byW. T. Adams
Arabian Nights' Entertainments(Selections) Arranged for Schools by Dr.Eliot, formerly Superintendent Boston Schools
Stories from American HistoryByN. S. Dodge
The Boston Tea-Party and other Stories of the RevolutionRelating many Daring Deeds of the Old Heroes ByH. C. Watson
Noble Deeds of our Fathersas told by Soldiers of the Revolution gathered around the Old Bell of Independence ByH. C. Watson
The Flower People(Child's Talk with the Flowers) By Mrs.Horace Mann
The Nation in a NutshellByGeorge Makepeace Towle
Short Studies of American AuthorsByT. W. Higginson
These books are well made, good print and paper, strongly bound in boards, with many illustrations, and of an exceedingly interesting character. They are in use for supplementary reading in hundreds of schools in various parts of the country. New volumes will be added to this list from time to time, the object being to furnish good reading for home and school at a low price.For other supplementary readings see the page headed "Popular Reading for Home and School by Popular Authors."
These books are well made, good print and paper, strongly bound in boards, with many illustrations, and of an exceedingly interesting character. They are in use for supplementary reading in hundreds of schools in various parts of the country. New volumes will be added to this list from time to time, the object being to furnish good reading for home and school at a low price.
For other supplementary readings see the page headed "Popular Reading for Home and School by Popular Authors."
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A WINTER IN CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO
ByHelen J. Sanborn. Cloth, $1.50.
"A bright, attractive narrative by a wide-awake Boston girl."
A SUMMER IN THE AZORES, with a Glimpse of Madeira
By MissC. Alice Baker. Little Classic style. Cloth, gilt edges, $1.25.
"Miss Baker gives us a breezy, entertaining description of these picturesque islands. She is an observing traveller, and makes a graphic picture of the quaint people and customs."—Chicago Advance.
LIFE AT PUGET SOUND
With sketches of travel in Washington Territory, British Columbia, Oregon, and California. ByCaroline C. Leighton. 16mo, cloth, $1.50.
"Your chapters on Puget Sound have charmed me. Full of life, deeply interesting, and with just that class of facts, and suggestions of truth, that cannot fail to help the Indian and the Chinese."—Wendell Phillips.
EUROPEAN BREEZES
ByMargery Deans. Cloth, gilt top, $1.50. Being chapters of travel through Germany, Austria, Hungary, and Switzerland, covering places not usually visited by Americans in making "the Grand Tour of the Continent," by the accomplished writer of "Newport Breezes."
"A very bright, fresh and amusing account, which tells us about a host of things we never heard of before, and is worth two ordinary books of European travel."—Woman's Journal.
BEATEN PATHS; or, A Woman's Vacation in Europe
ByElla W. Thompson.16mo, cloth. $1.50.
A lively and chatty book of travel, with pen-pictures humorous and graphic, that are decidedly out of the "beaten paths" of description.
AN AMERICAN GIRL ABROAD
By MissAdeline Trafton, author of "His Inheritance," "Katherine Earle," etc. 16mo. Illustrated. $1.50.
"A sparkling account of a European trip by a wide-awake, intelligent, and irrepressible American girl. Pictured with a freshness and vivacity that is delightful."—Utica Observer.
CURTIS GUILD'S TRAVELS
BRITONS AND MUSCOVITES; or, Traits of Two EmpiresCloth, $2.00.
OVER THE OCEAN; or, Sights and Scenes in Foreign Lands
ByCurtis Guild, editor of "The Boston Commercial Bulletin" Crown 8vo. Cloth, $2.50.
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ABROAD AGAIN; or, Fresh Forays in Foreign Fields
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"He has given us a life-picture. Europe is done in a style that must serve as an invaluable guide to those who go 'over the ocean,' as well as an interesting companion."—Halifax Citizen.
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THE STORIES MOTHER NATURE TOLD HER CHILDREN
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THE SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS WHO LIVE ON THE ROUND BALL THAT FLOATS IN THE AIR
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THE SEVEN LITTLE SISTERS PROVE THEIR SISTERHOOD(Former title EACH AND ALL)
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TEN BOYS WHO LIVED ON THE ROAD FROM LONG AGO TO NOW
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GEOGRAPHICAL PLAYS FOR YOUNG FOLKS AT SCHOOL AND AT HOME
Price each play in paper 15 cents postage paid 1 United States 2 Europe 3 Asia 4 Africa and South America 5 Australia and Isles of the Sea 6 The Commerce of the WorldThe above bound in one volume Cloth $1.00 postage paid
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YOUNG FOLKS' HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES
ByThomas Wentworth HigginsonWith over 100 illustrations $1.20
YOUNG FOLKS' BOOK OF AMERICAN EXPLORERS
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HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH HISTORY
Based on Guest's "Lectures on English History," and brought down to the year 1880 With a Supplementary Chapter on the English Literature of the 19th Century ByF. H. Underwood, LL.D. With maps, chronological tables etc. School edition 90 cents
YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF ENGLAND
ByGeorge Makepeace TowleIllustrated School edition 60 cents
YOUNG PEOPLE'S HISTORY OF IRELAND
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HEROES OF HISTORYByGeorge Makepeace TowleIllustrated
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THE STORY OF OUR COUNTRYBy Mrs.L. B. Monroe80 cents
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MISTAKES IN WRITING ENGLISH AND HOW TO AVOID THEM
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1000 BLUNDERS IN ENGLISH
A Handbook of Suggestions in Reading and Speaking. ByHarlan H. Ballard, A.M., Principal of Lenox Academy, Lenox, Mass.
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By Rev.Richard Whately, D.D., the Archbishop of Dublin. A new edition.
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FORGOTTEN MEANINGS
Or, An Hour with the Dictionary. ByAlfred Waites, author of "Student's Historical Manual."
SHORT STUDIES OF AMERICAN AUTHORS
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HINTS ON WRITING AND SPEECH-MAKING
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Or, Shorthand by the "Allen Method." A Self-instructor, whereby more Speed than Long-Hand Writing is gained at the First Lesson, and additional Speed at each Subsequent Lesson. ByG. G. Allen, Principal of the Allen Stenographic Institute, Boston.
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"Professor Fletcher's noteworthy compilation has been made with rare rhetorical judgment, and evinces a sympathy for the best forms of literature, adapted to attract readers and speakers, and mould their literary taste."—ProfessorJ. W. Churchill,Andover Theological Seminary.
THE BOOK OF ELOQUENCEA collection of extracts in prose and verse from the most famous orators and poets ByCharles Dudley Warner$1.50
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VOCAL AND ACTION LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND EXPRESSIONNew edition ByE. N. Kirbyinstructor in elocution in Boston University By mail 83 cents.
"This is a treatise, at once scientific and practical, on the theory and art of elocution. It treats of the structure of the vocal organs, of vocal culture and expression, of action-language, gesticulation, the use of the body and hands in oratory, etc. There is also a well-arranged collection of extracts for elocution. The work is well adapted for use as a text-book on elocution, and for study by professional students."—Indianapolis Journal.
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DRIFTING ROUND THE WORLD; A Boy's Adventures by Sea and Land
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"Out of the beaten track" in its course of travel, record of adventures, and descriptions of life in Greenland, Labrador, Ireland, Scotland, England, France, Holland, Russia, Asia, Siberia, and Alaska. Its hero is young, bold, and adventurous; and the book is in every way interesting and attractive.
YOUNG AMERICANS IN JAPAN; or, The Adventures of the Jewett Family and their Friend Oto Nambo
With 170 full-page and letter-press illustrations. Royal 8vo, 7 x 9½ inches. Handsomely illuminated cover. $1.75. Cloth, black and gold, $2.50.
This story, though essentially a work of fiction, is filled with interesting and truthful descriptions of the curious ways of living of the good people of the land of the rising sun.
THE WONDERFUL CITY OF TOKIO; or, The Further Adventures of the Jewett Family and their Friend Oto Nambo
With 169 illustrations. Royal 8vo, 7 x 9½ inches. With cover in gold and colors, designed by the author. $1.75. Cloth, black and gold, $2.50.
"A book full of delightful information. The author has the happy gift of permitting the reader to view things as he saw them. The illustrations are mostly drawn by a Japanese artist, and are very unique."—Chicago Herald.
THE BEAR WORSHIPPERS OF YEZO AND THE ISLAND OF KARAFUTO; being the further Adventures of the Jewett Family and their Friend Oto Nambo
180 illustrations. Boards, $1.75. Cloth, $2.50.
Graphic pen and pencil pictures of the remarkable bearded people who live in the north of Japan. The illustrations are by native Japanese artists, and give queer pictures of a queer people, who have been seldom visited.
OUR BOYS IN INDIA
The wanderings of two young Americans in Hindustan, with their exciting adventures on the sacred rivers and wild mountains. With 145 illustrations. Royal 8vo, 7 x 9½ inches. Bound in emblematic covers of Oriental design, $1.75. Cloth, black and gold, $2.50.
While it has all the exciting interest of a romance, it is remarkably vivid in its pictures of manners and customs in the land of the Hindu. The illustrations are many and excellent.
OUR BOYS IN CHINA
The adventures of two young Americans, wrecked in the China Sea on their return from India, with their strange wanderings through the Chinese Empire. 188 illustrations. Boards, ornamental covers in colors and gold, $1.75. Cloth, $2.50.
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