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The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated

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The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated

John Stevens Cabot Abbott

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Written when children read sermons on conduct, Abbott's manual lays out filial duty chapter by familiar chapter: obedience, honesty, gratitude, and the home as a child's first school. A window into how the 1830s raised its sons and daughters. For curious parents and historians of childhood. Read how it was done.

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27 chapters

  1. 1THE
  2. 2OR THE PRINCIPLES OF FILIAL DUTY
  3. 3PREFACE.
  4. 4JOHN S. C. ABBOTT
  5. 5TABLE OF CONTENTS.
  6. 6Chapter I.
  7. 7Chapter II.
  8. 8Chapter III.
  9. 9Chapter IV.
  10. 10Chapter V.
  11. 11Chapter VI.
  12. 12Chapter VII.
  13. 13THE CHILD AT HOME CHAPTER I.
  14. 14RESPONSIBILITY.
  15. 15CHAPTER II. DECEPTION.
  16. 16CHAPTER III. OBEDIENCE.
  17. 17CASABIANCA.
  18. 18CHAPTER IV.

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