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THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; DEPOSITORIES, 56, PATERNOSTER ROW, 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD, AND 164, PICCADILLY; AND SOLD
BY THE BOOKSELLERS.
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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Edmund Archer and his Uncle-The little books, "Learn-
ing to Think," "Learning to Feel," and "Learning to
Act"-Edmund's uncle promises to teach him to con-
verse-Method of instruction proposed-Good know-
ledge, good affection, good principles, and good judgment
required-Manner and matter...
CHAPTER II.
The folly and bad effects of conversing ill, and the wisdom
and good effects of conversing well-The loud talker-
The low talker-The fast talker-The slow talker-
Fine, long, and difficult words-Thoughtless and foolish
remarks-High-coloured facts-Bad and low language
-Ill-natured, bitter, and unjust opinions-Wilful
untruths
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CHAPTER III.
Books for young people are often not simple and plain
enough-Remarks about books for them-Value of
truth-Correct description-Wild beasts misrepresented
-Bears and buffaloes-Tigers and tapirs-The habit of
truthfully describing will reward the trouble of attaining
it-Underdoing and overdoing a description....
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CHAPTER IV.
Conversation without information-The squirrel-Friend
meeting friend--The object of all conversation should
be to afford pleasure, to do good, to impart information,
or to give glory to God-Repeating the same story-
The highwayman in Nottingham Forest..
CHAPTER V.
On remembering what has been related-Thomas the
brewer, and his tin can-Giving an account of what has
been said before-Conversation compared to a joint of
meat-The bawler, the drawler, the whisperer, and the
rattling talker-The learned doctor, or when I was at
Beverley in Yorkshire
CHAPTER VI.
The best lessons and the best language are in the Holy
Scriptures-Examples of gentleness, power, simplicity,
plainness, kindness, affection, majesty, sublimity-The
squire and his bookcase, and Roger Holmes and his
family Bible
CHAPTER VII.
The Italian and the Frenchman-Language confounded
at the building of Babel-At first, languages were
spoken only, and afterwards written-The Chinese
language has no alphabet-The English language made
up of old Saxon and Norman, or French, with a sprink-
ling of Latin and other languages-The Old Testament
was written in Hebrew, and the New Testament in
Greek
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CHAPTER VIII.
A workman should keep his tools in order-The mower
should sharpen his scythe, the reaper his sickle, the