PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. ON CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH.
CHAPTER II. NATURE AND OBJECTS OF EDUCATION.
CHAPTER III. PIETY, AS THE SPRING OF ACTION, AND REGULATOR OF THE SOUL.
CHAPTER IV. FILIAL PIETY.
CHAPTER V. TREATMENT OF BROTHERS AND SISTERS, AND OTHERS IN THE FAMILY.
CHAPTER VI. BEHAVIOR AT SCHOOL.
CHAPTER VII. BEHAVIOR AT TABLE.
CHAPTER VIII. BEHAVIOR AT FAMILY WORSHIP.
CHAPTER IX. PRIVATE PRAYER.
CHAPTER X. KEEPING THE SABBATH.
CHAPTER XI. HABITS.
CHAPTER XII. EDUCATION OF THE BODY.
CHAPTER XIII. ON USEFUL LABOR.
CHAPTER XIV. EDUCATION OF THE HEART.
CHAPTER XV. EDUCATION OF THE MIND.
CHAPTER XVI. READING.
CHAPTER XVII. WRITING.
CHAPTER XVIII. INDOLENCE.
CHAPTER XIX. ON DOING ONE THING AT A TIME.
CHAPTER XX. ON FINISHING WHAT IS BEGUN.
CHAPTER XXI. CHOICE OF SOCIETY, AND FORMATION OF FRIENDSHIPS.
CHAPTER XXII. BAD COMPANY. MISCHIEVOUSNESS.
CHAPTER XXIII. ON AMUSEMENTS.
CHAPTER XXIV. GOVERNMENT OF THE TONGUE.
CHAPTER XXV. ON THE ART OF AGREEABLE AND PROFITABLE CONVERSATION.
CHAPTER XXVI. INQUISITIVENESS.
CHAPTER XXVII. ON THE IMPORTANCE OF BEING ABLE TO SAY NO.
CHAPTER XXVIII. ON BEING USEFUL.
CHAPTER XXIX. ON BEING CONTENTED.
CHAPTER XXX. UNION OF SERIOUS PIETY WITH HABITUAL CHEERFULNESS.
Title: How to Be a Man
A Book for Boys, Containing Useful Hints on the Formation of Character
Author: Harvey Newcomb
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HOW TO BE A MAN:
A
BOOK FOR BOYS,
CONTAINING USEFUL HINTS ON THE
FORMATION OF CHARACTER.
BY
HARVEY NEWCOMB,
AUTHOR OF THE “YOUNG LADY’S GUIDE,” ETC.
BOSTON:
GOULD, KENDALL, AND LINCOLN.
1847.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1846,
By Gould, Kendall, and Lincoln,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED AT THE
BOSTON TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY
