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Title: Tom Brown at Rugby

Author: Thomas Hughes

Editor: Clara Weaver Robinson

Release Date: September 20, 2010 [EBook #33777]

Language: English

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TOM BROWN AT RUGBY

BY AN OLD BOY
(THOMAS HUGHES).

EDITED BY
CLARA WEAVER ROBINSON.

BOSTON, U.S.A.
GINN & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS.
1902

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1888, by
GINN & COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress,
at Washington.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

TYPOGRAPHY BY J. S. CUSHING & CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.

PRESSWORK BY GINN & CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.

INTRODUCTION.

In these days of zealous reform in school methods, it is well to keep
in mind the true aim of all education,--the right development of
character. It is important that our children acquire extensive
knowledge, and sound habits of thought; it is imperative that they
become honest, steadfast, and manly. Dr. Arnold, as head-master of
Rugby School, was eminently successful in attaining this object. In
"Tom Brown's School Days," Mr. Hughes has caught, and immortalized,
the spirit of his old teacher's work. While the book emphasizes the
peculiar moral earnestness of Dr. Arnold's pupils, it is free from all
suspicion of cant. Those who enjoy its pages should read also Dean
Stanley's admirable life of the great schoolmaster. We trust that it
will be many years before we cease to read the life of Mr. Hughes in
his daily works of goodwill to his fellow-men.

The notes have been prepared for children in the grammar school, as
explained in Mr. Ginn's preface to the "Lady of the Lake," in this
series.

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