. The district school as it was . ARTER, H^/dM AND CO. S£ o ii,f« /* & 5 Entered according to Act of CpWres^«f< the ycai 1S33, by Carter, Hekde e1^ n d the Clerks office of the District Court of ftlaasachusatts,. f\* t. BUTTS, SCHOOL STREET A WORD To the glancing Reader, if he will just stopa moment and see what it is. This little volume was written in the hopethat it would be a trifling aid to that improve-ment which is going on in respect to commonschools. It was also intended to present apleasant picture of some peculiarities whichhave prevailed in our country, but are nowpassing a
. The district school as it was . ARTER, H^/dM AND CO. S£ o ii,f« /* & 5 Entered according to Act of CpWres^«f< the ycai 1S33, by Carter, Hekde e1^ n d the Clerks office of the District Court of ftlaasachusatts,. f\* t. BUTTS, SCHOOL STREET A WORD To the glancing Reader, if he will just stopa moment and see what it is. This little volume was written in the hopethat it would be a trifling aid to that improve-ment which is going on in respect to commonschools. It was also intended to present apleasant picture of some peculiarities whichhave prevailed in our country, but are nowpassing away, It is trusted that no one who has kept,*or is keeping a district school after the oldfashion, will be offended at the slight degreeof satire he will meet with here. Any oneof due benevolence is willing to be laughedat, and even to join in the laugh against him-self, if it will but hasten the tardy steps ofimprovement. Indeed there are quite a num-ber who have reason to believe that the au-thor has here sketched some o
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