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Excerpt from The Pennsylvania School Journal, 1883, Vol. 32 I. A [ways handle books with the greatest care and delicacy, but never touch them with damp or soiled hands. II. Always take a book from the shelf by the back, but never pull it from the shelf by the binding at the top. III. Always place a large book upon a table before opening and consulting it, but never lean with elbows or arms upon the pages of an open book nor place anything upon u. 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.