THE
SCHOOLMASTER’S TRUNK
CONTAINING
_Papers on Home-Life in Tweenit_
BY
MRS. A. M. DIAZ
_ILLUSTRATED_
[Illustration]
BOSTON
JAMES R. OSGOOD AND COMPANY
(LATE TICKNOR & FIELDS, AND FIELDS OSGOOD & CO.)
1875
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by
JAMES R. OSGOOD & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
BOSTON:
RAND, AVERY, & CO., STEREOTYPERS AND PRINTERS.
NOTE.
The papers here collected were originally published in “Hearth and
Home,” under the title of “Papers found in the Schoolmaster’s Trunk.”
They embody observations made from actual life by a teacher residing in
a country village. In reproducing them, it was thought best to retain
at least a portion of the original title.
A. M. D.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
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