. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and 111 t F—F^v Ks. ^-ir^ |i PACKER FEMALE COLLEGIATE Fig- 3. Interior of Chapku SCHOOL-HOUSES, APPARATUS, AND TEXT-BOOKS. 413 I SCHOOL-BOOKS. The improvement in the authorsliip and manufacture of text-books, from the Primerto the Manuals of our colleges and scientific schools, within the last half centurv is im-mense. We will refresh the memory of some of our readers by reproducing a fewof the tough subjects and illustrations with which they or their fathers were painfullyfamiliar. The Horn-hook. Few of u
. First century of national existence; the United States as they were and 111 t F—F^v Ks. ^-ir^ |i PACKER FEMALE COLLEGIATE Fig- 3. Interior of Chapku SCHOOL-HOUSES, APPARATUS, AND TEXT-BOOKS. 413 I SCHOOL-BOOKS. The improvement in the authorsliip and manufacture of text-books, from the Primerto the Manuals of our colleges and scientific schools, within the last half centurv is im-mense. We will refresh the memory of some of our readers by reproducing a fewof the tough subjects and illustrations with which they or their fathers were painfullyfamiliar. The Horn-hook. Few of us have had the satisfaction of learning our letters after the manner de-scribed by Prior :— To master John the Enprlish maidA Horn-book gives of giii}j;erbreaij;And that the child may learn tlie better,As he can name, he eats the letter. To many, even a picture of the old-fashioned Horn-book—the Primer of onr ancestors,consisting of a single leaf pasted on a board, and covered in some instances with thin
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