The American Mechanic and Working-man ...

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J.S. Claxton, 1867
 

Selected pages

Contents

The Mechanics Clubs
134
The Mechanic above his Business
142
The Mechanic in Sickness
148
The Mechanics Winter Evenings
155
The Mechanics Studies Importance of Education to the American Mechanic
161
The Mechanics Studies The Pleasures of Knowledge
167
The Mechanics Studies The Profit of Knowledge
173
ments
179
The Mechanics Studies Examples
185
The Mechanics Studies More Exam plesLearned Shoemakers
190
The Mechanics Studies Examples of Selfinstruction
196
The Mechanics Studies ClarkeCole manDrewHillWild
203
ment to make a beginning
211
The Mechanics Studies Hints and
217
The Mechanics Studies Reading
224
The Mechanics Studies Writing
230
The Mechanics Studies Grammar
235
The Mechanics Studies Arithmetic and Accounts
241
The Mechanics Studies History
246
The Mechanics Studies Chronology and Geography
252
The Mechanics Studies Natural Philo sophy and Chemistry
259
The Mechanics Library
267
The Study of the Bible
275
The Mechanics Religion
281
The Workingmans Home 9
9
The Workingmans Dwelling 14
14
The Workingmans Garden and Grounds 19
19
Husband and Wife 27
27
The Wife at Home 32
32
The Workingmans Daughter 38
38
The Schoolmaster 45
45
The Cultivation of Memory 94
94
The Cultivation of Memory continued 101
101
The Workingmans Journeys 108
108
Apprentices 114
114
Trades Unions 120
120
Trades Unions continued 124
124
The Workingmans Liberties 130
130
The Workingman in a strange land 135
135
Advantages of American Workingmen 139
139
The Village Talker 144
144
The Pleasures of the Table 149
149
Drinking and Drunkenness 155
155
The Workingmans Health 161
161
Baths and Cleanliness 167
167
Intemperance and Disease 175
175
Money 183
183
Risks and Speculations 188
188
The Workingman in Want 197
197
The Village Revisited 202
202
The Contented Workingman 209
209
Who is the Workingman? 215
215
Home Pleasures 224
224
The Workingmans Evenings at Home 233
233
The Workingman in the Country 238
238
The Workingmans Saturday Evening 243
243
The Unstable Workingman 249
249
The Workingmans good Works 258
258
The Workingmans Rest 264
264
The Workingman retired from Business 270
270
The Workingman in old Age 275
275
Conclusion 284
284

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Bibliographic information

TitleThe American Mechanic and Working-man ...
AuthorJames Waddel Alexander
PublisherJ.S. Claxton, 1867
Original fromHarvard University
Digitized3 Jul 2008
  
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