Front matter
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GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM
GOOPS AND HOW TO BE THEM
A Manual of Manners for Polite Infants Inculcating many Juvenile Virtues Both by Precept and Example With Ninety Drawings
By GELETT BURGESS
New York Frederick A. Stokes Company Publishers
Copyright, 1900, By Gelett Burgess
TWENTY-THIRD PRINTING, MAY 9, 1935
Printed in the United States of America
Introduction Page 1
Table Manners—I 3
Table Manners—II 5
Cleanliness 7
Neatness 9
Courtesy 11
Generosity 13
Consideration 15
Miss Manners 17
Borrowing 19
Memory 21
Books 23
Honesty 25
"Why?" 27
Bed-Time 29
Modesty 31
Disfiguration 33
Bravery 35
Tidiness 37
Patience 39
Fortitude 41
George Adolphus 43
Politeness 45
Gentleness 47
Hospitality 49
Pets 51
Remember 53
Curiosity 55
Willy 57
Clothes 59
Helpfulness 61
Quietness 63
Order 65
Teasing 67
Interruption 69
Cry-Baby 71
Caution 73
Tardiness 75
Obedience 77
Church Headaches 79
Perseverance 81
Doll-Time 83
Combing and Curling 85
Cheerfulness 87
Of these Rhymes, ten first appeared in "St. Nicholas," and are here reprinted by permission of the Century Company.