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. 1886 Excerpt: ...burn? Will paper wash? Will paper tear easily? What thing do you think paper is most like? Why do you not have a paper frock, or a paper pair of stockings? If you were to soil a book, could you wash it clean as if it were a frock or a handkerchief? Is cloth of any use that paper is not? Is paper of any use that cloth ...
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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. 1886 Excerpt: ...burn? Will paper wash? Will paper tear easily? What thing do you think paper is most like? Why do you not have a paper frock, or a paper pair of stockings? If you were to soil a book, could you wash it clean as if it were a frock or a handkerchief? Is cloth of any use that paper is not? Is paper of any use that cloth is not? Look at this piece of cloth and this piece of paper: how can you tell which is cloth and which is paper? SECTION VI. Basket. Here is a basket: do you know of what it is made? Is there any difference between what this basket is made of and what that box (or table, etc.) is made of? Do you think it would be better if baskets were made of wood, like a box? Lift up the basket: is it very heavy? Do you think it would be heavier, if it were made of wood? Did you ever see a basket of a different shape from this? Did you ever see a larger basket than this? Did you ever see a smaller basket than this? What is the use of this basket? Do you recollect anything else that baskets are used for? What are all baskets used for? Look closely at this coarse piece of cloth; is it made of bits of anything? What is this basket made of bits of? Baskets, then, are a kind of cloth, made of what? or wooden what? This sort of cloth is called basket-work, because baskets are made of it; and it is often called wicker-work. Did you ever see a house made of wicker-work, or made like a big basket? They make sheds and huts sometimes of wicker-work, but they do not make houses of it, because it would not be strong enough if it were very large, unless it were made of very long and thick pieces of wood, and thick wood will not bend so as to make basket-work. Colors. Let the child point out the different colors in a colored picture. After this let the child point out, sepa...
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