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facing 136 Page from Abraham Lincoln's Sum Book facing 138 Battledore, "Lessons in Numbers" facing 140 Title-page of "Cocker's Arithmetic" 140 "American Selection," by Noah Webster, Jr. facing 142 "The Little Reader's Assistant," by Noah Webster, Jr. facing 144 Exhibition "Piece" of Anne Reynolds facing 152 Ornamental Letter 154 Writing of Abiah Holbrook facing 154 David Waite, Seven Years Old. Owned by Professor Langley, Washington, D.C. facing 158 Page of "White" Bible facing 162 Anna Green Winslow. Owned by Miss Elizabeth Trott, Niagara Falls, N.Y. facing 164 Pages from Diary of Mary Osgood Sumner. Owned by Dr. P. H. Mell, Auburn, Ala. facing 166 Joshua Carter, Four Years Old. Painted by Charles Wilson Peale. Owned by Miss Anna Thaxter Reynolds, Boston, Mass. facing 170 Page from Diary of Anna Green Winslow 174 Samuel Torrey, Twelve Years Old, 1770. Owned by Miss Frances R. Morse, Boston, Mass. facing 176 The Copley Family facing 180 Facsimile from Sir Hugh Plat's "Jewel House of Art and Nature," 1653 183 Polly Flagg, One Year Old, 1751. Painted by Smibert. Owned by Mrs. Albert Thorndike, Boston, Mass. facing 184 James Flagg, Five Years Old, 1744. Painted by Smibert. Owned by Mrs. Albert Thorndike, Boston, Mass. facing 188 Katherine Ten Broeck, Four Years Old, 1719. Owned by Miss Louise Livingstone Smith, Argyle, N.Y. facing 192 Illustration from "Plain Things for Little Folks" 195 Whispering Sticks 198 Illustration from "Early Seeds to produce Spring Flowers" 201 Cathalina Post, Fourteen Years Old, 1750. Owned by Dr. Van Santvoord, Kingston, N.Y. facing 204 Illustration from "Young Wilfrid" facing 206 William Verstile, 1769. Painted by Copley. Owned by Mrs. Charles Pinney, Derby, Conn. facing 210 The Pepperell Children. Owned by Miss Alice Longfellow, Cambridge, Mass. facing 214 Title-page of the "School of Manners" 216 Page of the "School of Manners"