Sixty Years in a School-Room: An Autobiography of Mrs. Julia A. Tevis (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Sixty Years in a School-Room: An Autobiography of Mrs. Julia A. Tevis

Two considerations have prompted the preparation of the following Autobiography: First, the earnest and oft-repeated request of my dear husband that I should do so; second, the hope of doing good, by furnishing information and encouragement to those who are engaged, or are about to engage, in the responsible and laborious duties of teaching, especially to those who have charge of female boarding-schools. An experience of fifty years in any pursuit can not fail to bring some knowledge which a novice may find valuable. I propose no dogmatic theories; but simply state facts, and give my opinion as suggested by the thread of my narrative. As to the value of the information thus given, those will judge who take the trouble to read what I have written.

Although accustomed to use the pen all my life, this is my first attempt at authorship. I have dressed my narrative, as I do my person, according to my own notions of good taste. I no more affect a fine style than a fashionable dress. If my language is intelligible I am satisfied. The period is past when the flippant criticisms of vanity or the idle remarks of ignorance could give me real pain.

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