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428 open council.
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Madam, Number Having Of Read The Journal...
estrang a-halfpenny ing themselves " kind of from literature their , and masters thereb and y mistresses corrupting their whose minds interests and
should be mutual ; and also rendering them ill-adapted for , the charge of their The children intention who then so readil isif y possible imbibe good to appeal or bad habits to their from better those nature around b .
offering them the use of our , own books , , but only on condition that their work , y be is done read as often it shoul when d work be , and is left to prevent unfinished their , and taking , when books interrupted " on the , suddenl sly" to y
to smugg be " led lost into to si dresser ght , " but drawer to master , " or put ' s into i ( memory out-of-the very -Tray dear corners . " , eventually put The in force following : — regulations we wrote down to give to them when it was first
from _" Rules -stairs to be : observed in borrowing books , pamphlets , and periodicals 1 up . The number not to exceed one for each at a time .
2 . "When the one a fresh last borrowed one is required . , it can be obtained upon the delivery of 3 . The mistress always to be told -when another book is wanted .
4 . Books each can is Jinished only be _, properl lent by y the done mistress , and at , to the be ri read ght when time ; the and work not to of 5 . Also be read on condition after ten that o ' clock they , ex are cept well when used obli and ged to not sit soile up . d
unneces-6 . A saril catalogue y , nor can taken be out consulted of the , house if necessary . , to assist in the selection , to ] _ST will . B . — greatl ' A place assist for to everything wards the , _j and > lcasure everything to be derived in its place from , the if attended
abovementioned , books y . " In order to give them an additional desire to read these bookswe invited them , if so inclined , to spend an hour or two _irp-stairs with us one , evening ,
to entertain bring them their by work reading with selecti them on , s whil from e I v , arious the master authors , endeavored . The one we to selected was the " Christmas Carol , " but as both had read this we turned to
Bloomfield " Half Hours ' s " " Miller we had ' s Maid " Auld , " " Robin Richard Gray and " and Kate Mrs , " . and Austen out ' s of " Kni Yoluble ght ' s interest Lady . " and Between I hope each a a few desire remarks for more upon . the If I author jud ' s biograp at h all y added from
, , , gave may ge their leasure remarks to them and as hearty well as laug to ourselves hter , the . evening ' s entertainment gave great p We intend , if the plan succeeds , to repeat these readings for our own
benefit field of and literature theirs , . and by degrees to get on the more classical ground of the wards I think Many making , _may for if say the the that master servants servants and do mistress theirs would . take do Perhaps their advantage duty ours , it is of goes a this favorable . a great Yery instance way seldom to- ,
when with respect such is to not the the maids case , , I as cannot they are hel both p thinking good , well that - much behaved may g be irls done ; but to even improve their their dignity condition if they b with y " master discretion and act missus toward , " who their will servants by no means as if lower their
interest were at heart . and And to be let left not entirel the husband to the think lady that of the such house matters but are recollect out of his the province name he ,
y , act bears up is to husband it , he will and find its meaning additional " p house leasure -band in , returning " and by from endeavorin business g at to night to the " Domus et placens Uxor . "
worth Madam of , notice if you in have had Journal patience it will to read much the above lease , and should think it y your , p Yours obediently
, January 18 th , 1859 . Y . B . »
428 Open Council.
428 open council .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Feb. 1, 1859, page 428, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01021859/page/68/
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