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STORY LESSONS

ON

CHARACTER-BUILDING (MORALS)

AND

MANNERS.




STORY LESSONS ON CHARACTER-BUILDING (MORALS) AND MANNERS

BY LOIS BATES

          AUTHOR OF "KINDERGARTEN GUIDE," "NEW RECITATIONS FOR INFANTS,"
          "GAMES WITHOUT MUSIC," ETC.

          LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
          39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
          NEW YORK AND BOMBAY
          1900




PREFACE.


ALTHOUGH it is admitted by all teachers, in theory at least, that morals
and manners are essential subjects in the curriculum of life, how very
few give them an appointed place in the school routine. Every other
subject has its special time allotted, but these--the most important
subjects--are left to chance, or taken up, haphazard, at any time;
surely this is wrong.

Incidents often occur in the school or home life which afford fitting
opportunity for the inculcation of some special moral truth, but maybe
the teacher or mother