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Excerpt from At Home and Abroad: Or, How to Behave IF any apology be needed for the publication of a little book, which has, for its sole aim, the benefit of the young, the author might reasonably plead the high degree of favour with which most of its chapters were received as they appeared in the pages of a popular Juvenile Maga zine. At the earnest solicitation of many friends, the correctness of Whose judgment is not to be called in ques tion, a more convenient and permanent form is now given to those sketches; and they are sent forth with the hope and the prayer that they may help to form the manners, and elevate the character of many, who are to be, in their turn, the guardians and teachers of a future generation of. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.