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BOYS AND THEIR WAYS.
Ballantyne Press
BALLANTYNE, HANSON AND CO.
EDINBURGH AND LONDON
"There is a spot of earth supremely blest,
A dearer, sweeter spot than all the rest.'
-James Montgomery.
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Definition of " a boy"-Boys not alike-Various types-The boy
best studied "at home"-At school he loses his individuality
-At home he may be seen as he is-Lord Macaulay's home-
life in his boyhood-James Watt-Ferguson-Dr. Robertson-
Faraday-Washington-A protest against too much "play"-
The character must be shaped and good habits acquired at
home-The boy in his relations to his father and his mother-
"What will my mother think?" an anecdote-Great men and
their mothers-Boys and their brothers and sisters-Brotherly
love illustrated-On the importance of good manners-Polite-
ness in the family-Kind words-Studying in the holidays-
Reading at home-Early rising-Anecdotes and examples-
Pleasures of early rising-Perseverance-A short story-Stick-
ing to one's work-Alexander Anderson-A golden word to
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