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Title: Timboo and Joliba; or The art of being useful
Year: 1855 (1850s)
Authors: Abbott, Jacob, 1803-1879
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Publisher: New York, Harper & brothers
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Boston Public Library

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o Entered, according to an Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eighthundred and fifty-five, by Ir HARPER «fe BROTHERS,in the Clerks Office for the Southern District of New York. PREFACE. TiMBOO was a poor boy. He had no parents and no friends.At the beginnmg of the story lie was a houseless, homeless wan-derer. He could not even read or write. And yet he found manyways of doing good and of making himself useful. He made him-self useful to almost every person with whom he had any thing todo. The secret of his success was, he ivished to he useful. Histhoughts were intent upon this very object, and of course his ef-forts all tended in the right direction for attaining it. He was pa-tient, persevering, industrious, honest, and true. He was good-na-tured too, and happy. He was altogether more happy in tryingto make himself useful to others than he would have been if, likemany boys, he had made it the object of all his efforts and aimsto secure ease, comfort, and enjoyment for himsel

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