Old-time schools and school-books . a newspaper withoutspelling more than half the words, and has larnd towrite considerably, and to cypher as fur as important of all, he will work for five dollarsa month, and the committee hire him. The parsonalone protests. By far the most copiously illustrated of any ofthe earlier readers was a thin i2mo published inPhiladelphia in 1799, caUed The Columbian ReadingBook, or Historical Preceptor, ^collection of AuthenticHistories, Anecdotes, Characters, &c. &c. calculatedto incite in young minds a love of virtue, from itsintrinsic beauty, and a
Old-time schools and school-books . a newspaper withoutspelling more than half the words, and has larnd towrite considerably, and to cypher as fur as important of all, he will work for five dollarsa month, and the committee hire him. The parsonalone protests. By far the most copiously illustrated of any ofthe earlier readers was a thin i2mo published inPhiladelphia in 1799, caUed The Columbian ReadingBook, or Historical Preceptor, ^collection of AuthenticHistories, Anecdotes, Characters, &c. &c. calculatedto incite in young minds a love of virtue, from itsintrinsic beauty, and a hatred of vice from its dis-gusting deformity. From the 164 short lessons Imake several selections. Spirited Reproof of a Woman. PHILIP, risingfrom an entertain-ment at which hehad sat for somehours, was ad-dressed b v a woman,who begged him tohear her cause. Heaccordingly heardt, and, upon hersaying some things not pleasing to him,An Appeal to King Philip. , v & From The Columbian Reading Book, 1799. &ave sentence. Advanced Readers 2«I against her. The woman immediately, but very calmly,replied, I appeal. How, says Philip, from yourking? To whom then? To Philip when fasting,returned the woman. The manner in which he receivedthis answer would do honour to the most sober afterwards gave the cause a second - hearing, foundthe injustice of his sentence, and condemned himself tomake it good. Gasconade. A Gentleman of Gascony who inherited two thousandcrowns a year from his father, commenced living at Paris,and being a gayvolatile genius,soon squanderedhis fortune, andwas reduced to thelowest ebb he never losthis spirit and cour-age ; but with thesmall pittance hehad left, he pur-chased a mule andturned water-car-rier. Some timeafterwards, as he was trafficking his merchandize up and downthe streets, he happened to meet two of his old companions,who would have avoided him for fear of giving him pain, atbeing caught with such an equipage. But he sprang f
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