WHITE AND BLACK LIES:
Reading edition
OR,
Truth Better than Falsehood.
BY
MRS. MADELINE LESLIE
AUTHOR OF "TIM, THE SCISSORS-GRINDER," AND OTHER SABBATH-SCHOOL BOOKS.
"Lying lips are an abomination to the Lord; but they that deal truly are his delight."
BOSTON:
PUBLISHED BY IRA BRADLEY & CO.
162 WASHINGTON STREET.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by HENRY HOYT, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
PREFACE.
THE Bible ranks truthfulness among the cardinal virtues. Perfect veracity is a prominent element of a good character, lying at the foundation of permanent success and of enviable fame. Yet, from the prevalence of a passion for the marvellous, the temptations are numerous in our age and country to the practice of the arts of deception. The thought of these exposures of the young has recently revived my early recollection of the excellent treatise on lying, by Mrs. Opie, a book which I read in childhood with the liveliest interest, and which has deepened my conviction of the desirableness of a work expressing similar sentiments, but more fully illustrated and enforced by the teachings of the Bible.
CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I. FIRST LESSONS IN LYING
CHAPTER II. GRIEF OVER YOUNG LIARS
CHAPTER III. ONE LIE LEADS TO ANOTHER
CHAPTER IV. TROUBLE FROM LYING
CHAPTER V. THE LIAR DETECTED
CHAPTER VI. FASHIONABLE LIES
CHAPTER VII. SCHOOL LIES
CHAPTER VIII. THE LIAR ABANDONED
CHAPTER IX. THE FATHER OF LIES
CHAPTER X. THE LIAR'S DEATH
CHAPTER XI. LYING CURED
CHAPTER XII. LIES OF MALIGNITY
CHAPTER XIII. LIES OF POLITENESS
CHAPTER XIV. LIES OF TRADE
CHAPTER XV. LIES OF CONVENIENCE
CHAPTER XVI. LIES OF AUTHORSHIP
CHAPTER XVII. LYING CONTAGIOUS
CHAPTER XVIII. PARTY LIES
CHAPTER XIX. THE ART OF LYING
CHAPTER XX. LIES ABOUT RELIGION
CHAPTER XXI. CLERICAL LIES
CHAPTER XXII. REWARD OF TRUTHFULNESS
CHAPTER XXIII. END OF TRUTH AND OF LYING
WHITE AND BLACK LIES.
