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  HOW TO TEACH MANNERS
  IN THE SCHOOL-ROOM.


  BY MRS. JULIA M. DEWEY,

  METHOD AND CRITIC TEACHER IN THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS OF RUTLAND, VT.;
  FORMERLY SUPT. OF SCHOOLS, HOOSIC FALLS, N. Y.


      “Who misses or who wins the prize?
      Go, lose or conquer, as you can;
      But if you fail, or if you rise,
      Be each, pray God, a gentleman.”

      --_Epilogue to Dr. Birch and his Pupils._


[Illustration: (Publisher’s colophon)]

  THE A. S. BARNES COMPANY
  NEW YORK AND CHICAGO




  COPYRIGHT, 1888
  E. L. KELLOGG & CO.
  NEW YORK




INTRODUCTION.


Importance of the definite teaching of manners. Children are close
imitators; they will learn some kind of manners, and one who
teaches positively