OLD-TIME SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL-BOOKS - online book

An Illustrated history & description Of Schools in the 18th & 19th Centurys.

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	162 Old-time Schools and School-books The children had numerous methods for defacing their school-books, and they also had certain devices
	for keeping them in good order. Many of the older books are protected by an outer cover of sheepskin neatly folded in at the edges and sewed
	A Conventional Combination of Dots and Line.
	in place with homespun tow. After 1825 this outer covering was apt to be calico, and sometimes there were tie strings attached at the sides. The girls