it increasing--George's Manly
Bearing--Excels in Athletic Sports--What Fitzhugh said--The
Sequel 36

III.

SCHOOL DAYS.

His Brother Lawrence educated in England--Leaving Home--George
at School when Five Years Old--His Teacher, Hobby--What a
Biographer says of his Progress--The Homeschool--His
Writing-book and Thoroughness--A Good Speller--Studying and
Playing with all his Might--Best Runner, Wrestler, etc.--The
School Grounds a Military Camp--An English and Spanish Army of
Boys--Juvenile Commander-in-chief--A Quarrel that George could
not Conquer--Truth-teller and Peacemaker--At Mr. Williams'
School, and a Mother's Lesson--Studying Surveying--Mimic
War--Surveying School-grounds--Later Surveying--Settling a
Difficulty--Acting as Umpire--What Mr. Weems says--What Mrs.
Kirkland says 52

IV.

METHOD AND THOROUGHNESS.

Doing Things Well--Dialogue with Lawrence--His "Book of Forms,"
and what a Schoolmate thought of it--His "Book of Problems:" its
Use and Abuse--His "Book of Drawing"--Odd Moments--Preserving
Bits of Prose and Verse--What Irving says--His "Rules of
Behavior"--What Lawrence Washington and his Wife thought of
them--Their Influence over him--Part of them Quoted--What
Everett says of them--Author's Opinion--Sample Extract from his
Copy-book--These show his Character--His Heart made a Level
Head 72

V.

FOUR INCIDENTS AND THEIR LESSONS.

His Father's Sudden Sickness--George at Chotauk--The Doctor's
Opinion--Growing Worse, and Startling Revelation--George sent
for--He arrived when his Father was dying--Affecting
Scene--Death and Will--The Arabian Colt--Attempt to ride
him--The Animal killed--George confessing his Wrong-doing--The
"Lowland Beauty"--George in Love--A Human Heart after All--What
Irving says about it--Naval Officers at Vernon--Wants to be a
Midshipman--His Mother's Opposition, and Lawrence's
Approval--Enlists--Appears before his Mother in Naval
Costume--Her Grief--He does not go--His True Manliness asserts
itself 82

VI.

HIS MOTHER.

Her Views of Correct Family Government--Secret o