OLD-TIME SCHOOLS AND SCHOOL-BOOKS - online book

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

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	314 Old-time Schools and School-books The book closes with an appendix of biographical paragraphs containing facts relating to persons re­ferred to in the problems. The paragraphs are of this sort: — Homer lived in Greece about 3 thousand years ago; he was a school teacher and a poet. He wrote two poems, one called the Iliad, which is an exhibition of bodily strength ; the other called the Odyssey, which is an ex­hibition of the strength of the mind. William Shakespeare is distinguished as a writer of dialogues. He lived in England; when a boy, he fell in company with bad boys, who stole some deer, and were punished; he was obliged to leave home; he went to Lon­don, and brought himself into notice by taking so good care of the horses of those that came to the theatre. Alexander the Great was a great warrior; he con­quered the world, and wept because there were no more worlds to conquer. He then gave himself up to dissipa­tion, and died in a fit of debauch. Miss Fanny Woodbury died in Beverly, Mass. She was an eminently pious young lady. Her life is printed, and is a very interesting book for young ladies to read.