{"product_id":"2940013232426","title":"BRAVE AND BOLD","description":"CHAPTER I.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE YOUNG RIVALS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe main schoolroom in the Millville Academy was brilliantly lighted,\u003cbr\u003eand the various desks were occupied by boys and girls of different ages\u003cbr\u003efrom ten to eighteen, all busily writing under the general direction of\u003cbr\u003eProfessor George W. Granville, Instructor in Plain and Ornamental\u003cbr\u003ePenmanship.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eProfessor Granville, as he styled himself, was a traveling teacher, and\u003cbr\u003egenerally had two or three evening schools in progress in different\u003cbr\u003eplaces at the same time. He was really a very good penman, and in a\u003cbr\u003ecourse of twelve lessons, for which he charged the very moderate price\u003cbr\u003eof a dollar, not, of course, including stationery, he contrived to\u003cbr\u003eimpart considerable instruction, and such pupils as chose to learn were\u003cbr\u003elikely to profit by his instructions. His venture in Millville had been\u003cbr\u003eunusually successful. There were a hundred pupils on his list, and there\u003cbr\u003ehad been no disturbance during the course of lessons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt nine precisely, Professor Granville struck a small bell, and said, in\u003cbr\u003erather a nasal voice:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You will now stop writing.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was a little confusion as the books were closed and the pens were\u003cbr\u003ewiped.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Ladies and gentlemen,\" said the professor, placing one arm under his\u003cbr\u003ecoat tails and extending the other in an oratorical attitude, \"this\u003cbr\u003eevening completes the course of lessons which I have had the honor and\u003cbr\u003epleasure of giving you. I have endeavored to impart to you an easy and\u003cbr\u003egraceful penmanship, such as may be a recommendation to you in after\u003cbr\u003elife. It gives me pleasure to state that many of you have made great\u003cbr\u003eproficiency, and equaled my highest expectations. There are others,\u003cbr\u003eperhaps, who have not been fully sensible of the privileges which they\u003cbr\u003eenjoyed. I would say to you all that perfection is not yet attained. You\u003cbr\u003ewill need practice to reap the full benefit of my instructions. Should\u003cbr\u003emy life be spared, I shall hope next winter to give another course of\u003cbr\u003ewriting lessons in this place, and I hope I may then have the pleasure\u003cbr\u003eof meeting you again as pupils. Let me say, in conclusion, that I thank\u003cbr\u003eyou for your patronage and for your good behavior during this course of\u003cbr\u003elessons, and at the same time I bid you good-by.\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47145609724144,"sku":"2940013232426","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013232426_p0.jpg?v=1763578585","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013232426","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}