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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902. Excerpt: ... THE LANGUAGE OF SCHOOLBOYS Lest any old-fashioned person, still subject to the obsolete belief that ' young people should be seen and not heard, ' should glance at this paper with an inadequate idea of its seriousness, let me hasten to put him in the way of attaining to a better sense of proportion. He should remember, with the elder Pliny, that rerum natura tota est nusquam magis quam in minimis. He should consider not only our contemporary cult of the child--for it must be confessed that the boy, though he be only one degree removed from childhood, soon loses a good part of his trail of glory at a public school; but he should consider also our cult of the insignificant, the infinitesimal, the merely curious. He should examine the recently acquired volumes of one of our greatest libraries, and observe with admiration the paper-wrappers, with which the publishers protect the binding, pasted between the binding and the fly-leaf for their own perpetual preservation. He should inquire of collectors of menus or picture-postcards, and, if he pleases, he may, like Charles Lamb, request to be allowed to examine their bumps. Finally, he should turn to a handsome volume of some 250 pages, lately issued 'for subscribers only, ' to wit, 'The Public School Word-Book: A Contribution to a Historical Glossary of Words, Phrases, and Terms of Expression, obsolete and in present use, peculiar to Our Great Public Schools, together with some that have been or are MODISH at the Universities.' He should read the preface, in which the editor, Mr. John S. Farmer, remarks that ' it has been a matter of note, and maybe of surprise, that no attempt has hitherto been made to gather in one volume the numerous Words, Phrases, and Terms of Expression peculiar to Our Great Public Schools;...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153985505 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153985500 |
| Weight | 1.88 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.30 In |
| List Price | $39.16 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 586 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-03-01 |
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