Excerpt from The Student, and Family Miscellany, 1855, Vol. 11: Devoted to the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge and Home Instruction The student bears simple lessons for the little learner, interesting instruction and words of encouragement for youth, and riper truths for older minds. Its aims are Excelsior, awakening noble aspirations in the minds of youth, and ever pointing them to something higher and better. It goes forth, not merely to beguile the passing hour, but with a higher object - to instruct. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.