10. The boy who perseveringly pores over a hard lesson, and who will not give up an intricate problem until he has studied it out, forms a habit, which, in after life, will make him a great man; and he who resolutely struggles against his own indolence, violent temper, or any other bad propensity, will most assuredly be a good one.
LESSON LV.
Learning to Work.—Original.
1. A few years ago, several little volumes were published, called "The Rollo Books," which are full of interesting stories about a little boy of that name. They were written by a gentleman whose name is Abbott.
2. They are not only interesting, but also very instructive books; and no little boy or girl can read them, without learning many very useful lessons from them. They are not only useful to young persons, but their parents, also, have derived many useful hints from them, in the management of their children.
3. The following little story is taken from one of them, called "Rollo at Work;" and I hope that my little friends who read this story at school will also read it at home to their parents, because it will be both interesting and useful to them.
4. The story begins, by telling us that Rollo's father had set him at work in the barn, with a box full of nails, directing him to pick them all over, and to put all those that were alike by themselves.
5. Rollo began very willingly at first, but soon grew tired of the work, and left it unfinished. The remainder of the story will be found in the following lessons, in Mr. Abbott's own words.