. St. Nicholas [serial]. nors for their know-ledge of the sciences. It is easy to gain access to them,for they are always at my service, and I admit them tomy company and dismiss them from it whenever Iplease. They are never troublesome, but immediatelyanswer every question I ask them. Some relate tome the eventsof past ages,while othersreveal to methe secrets ofnature. Someteach me howto live andothers how todie. Some, bytheir vivacity,drive away mycares and ex-hilarate myspirits, whileothers give for-titude to mymind and teachme the impor-tant lesson howto restrain mydesires and de-pend whol
. St. Nicholas [serial]. nors for their know-ledge of the sciences. It is easy to gain access to them,for they are always at my service, and I admit them tomy company and dismiss them from it whenever Iplease. They are never troublesome, but immediatelyanswer every question I ask them. Some relate tome the eventsof past ages,while othersreveal to methe secrets ofnature. Someteach me howto live andothers how todie. Some, bytheir vivacity,drive away mycares and ex-hilarate myspirits, whileothers give for-titude to mymind and teachme the impor-tant lesson howto restrain mydesires and de-pend wholly onmyself. They open to me, in short, the various avenuesof all the arts and sciences, and upon their information Isafely rely in all emergencies. In return for all these ser-vices they only ask me to accommodate them with a conve-nient chamber in some corner of my humble habitation,where they may repose in peace ; for these friends aremore delightful with the tranquillity of retirement thanwith the tumults of PRIZE DESIGN BY a very popular We all know that manybook. modern novels sell enor- mously, but here is a book — a spelling-book— that makes their sales seem small: EUMORLfJMOra/E
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