READING LESSON XXIX.

How to take care of Books.

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(1.) Let

ev-e-ry book be cov-er-ed. The cov-er keeps the book clean, and makes it strong-er. A boy that knows how to use a book will hold it up before him, as you see Mr. Bell does while Thom-as re-cites.

(2.) Nev-er touch a book with dir-ty hands. The pa-per is white, and will show the least spot of dirt, and we all know it can-not be wash-ed or wi-ped off from a book, as it might be from a plate or cloth.

(3.) Do not wet your fin-ger to turn o-ver the leaves. It is a dir-ty hab-it to

put one's fin-gers in the mouth at all But to turn o-ver the leaves of a book with a wet fin-ger leaves a mark, and, if done of-ten, will wear out the book.

(4.) Take care that the cor-ners of the leaves are kept smooth. If one leans on his book, or turns up the cor-ners while he is read-ing, or turns the leaves o-ver care-less-ly, he will make what are cal-led dog's ears, and all who see such a book will say it be-longs to a care-less, if not to a la-zy pu-pil.

(5.) Nev-er hold a book ve-ry near the fire This warps the cov-er, and makes it curl up; and then, when we try to press it back a-gain, it cracks and breaks.

(6.) Al-ways shut up a book when it is done with. Some per-sons will turn a book'o-ver, and lay it down with the o-pen place up-on the ta-ble or bench. This strains the book ve-ry much, and often dir-ties the pa-ges.

(7.) Nev-er turn down a cor-ner of the leaf to mark the place. It is ve-ry ea-sy to have a thread or a strip of paper for a mark. All marks with a pen-cil, or a pin, or the fin-ger nail, in-jure the book.

(8.) When a book is not to be us-ed a-gain soon, put it a-way in some prop-er place, where it will be safe and ea-si-ly found. If left on a ta-ble or in a chair, it may be thrown down, or wat-er may be spil-led on it, or some oth-er in-ju-ry be done to it.

(9.) Al-ways put a book to a prop-er

use.

When a book is put un-der a window to hold it up, or is us-ed to put cups or dish-es on, or to sharp-en knives or ra-zors, it shows that it is of ve-ry lit-tle use or val-ue to the fam-i-ly

READING LESSON XXX.

It comes from Above.

(1.) When Peter's father was lying upon the bed very sick, he called his little boy to him, and said:

(2.) "My dear boy, I am dying. Very soon you will be left in this wide and wicked world, with no father or mother to take care of you.

(3.) "You will find many things which you will not like, and. some which it will be very hard to bear.