From forecastle to Academy, sailor and artist; autobiography (1904)
Sellstedt, Lars Gustaf, 1819-1911 · Buffalo, The Matthews-Northrup Works · leaf 35
of written letters was formed, I will describeit. The boys sat in a row before a sort of prolonged deskor, rather, shallow continuous box containing fine whitesand; this was made smooth by passing a piece of board,to which was attached a handle, over it, and then each boywith a turned pin some six… … MY MOTHERPAINTED IN 1854 BIRTH AND EDUCATION its form was more readily impressed upon the memory,another advantage was that it was done sitting upright;and, lastly, it was a cheap process — the same sand andpins doing duty for any length of time. I suppose theLancastrian system is well known to…
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