will help
parents in the uncertain and difficult problem of rearing their
children in a way that will make them and keep them a joy in the home,
rather than a heartache, a heart break, and the saddest kind of a
bereavement, which is too often the case. Surely a dollar spent which
may help avert this, is worth far more than a hundred cents lying
unused in a bank.

There are sixty-two picture outlines in the book, and with every
picture a ten-minute talk, with chalk illustration, which recites and
impresses, now, a great and noble deed of a truly noble man; now a
kindly act with a double blessing in it; again, a warning to those who
unknowingly set foot upon the devil's ground and find it a miry or
slimy pit; or, it may be a lesson from one of the world's great poets
or historians, for the author has evidently been a reader of great
books with a mind to recall many lessons learned therefrom.

THE PUBLISHERS.

CONTENTS.

Page.
INTRODUCTION:
The Plan of the Book .......................... 7
The Value of Chalk Talks ...................... 7
The Two-Scene Method .......................... 8
Chalk Work on Paper ........................... 8
Materials Are Cheap ........................... 8
Important to Beginners ........................ 8

EQUIPMENT AND MATERIALS:
The Drawing Board ............................. 10
The Drawing Paper ............................. 10
The Chalk ..................................... 12

PREPARING TO GIVE THE CHALK TALK:
The Method Explained .......................... 12
Outlining the Right Picture ................... 13
Not an Artist, But a Teacher .................. 14
Finishing Part of the Drawing in Advance ...... 14
The Value of Individuality .................... 14
International or Graded Lessons ............... 14
Talks for Special Days ........................ 14
Talk vs. Chalk ................................ 16
Strive Only for Good .......................... 16
Recording Your Talks .......................... 16
A Word to Parents ............................. 16
A Final Word to Pastors ....................... 18

INDEX:
Talks for Special Days ........................ 205
Subject Index ................................. 207

His pictured morals mend the mind
And through the eye correct the heart.

--GARRICK, _on Hogarth_