Outing (1885) (14779912794) - Public domain book illustration

Identifier: outing51newy (find matches)
Title: Outing
Year: 1885 (1880s)
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Subjects: Leisure Sports Travel
Publisher: (New York : Outing Pub. Co.)
Contributing Library: Tisch Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Library Consortium Member Libraries



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H The Outing Magazine nity is Long; All Men Must Die; AfterDeath the Judgment. This was strongmeat for childish minds, but there was vir-tue in old-fashioned methods after all, forthe small girl who had her first spelling les-sons in embroidering a sampler learnedto hold her own in the ordeal of spell-ing down the district school. And ournew-fangled, phonetic spelling methods,wherein the youngster makes noises likea soda-water fountain before venturing onC-a—t, are turning out a mighty poorrace of spellers. Just beyond the row of ancient sam-plers was the line of crazy-quilts, and alsothat famous bed-covering, each of whosemyriad pieces bore the autograph of friend,relative, or local celebrity. The minister,the Sunday-school superintendent, thepostmaster, and even the Congressman hadscratched their names on fragments of thisquilt, and if ever a guest was honored bybeing permitted to sleep under this cover-let, he must have been crushed by theweight of its renown. If your appetite is