Excerpt from The Claims of Higher Education on Our Christian Youth Town who was away at college, was followed by the anxious solicitude and generous pride, not merely of his own household, but of the entire community, and hon ors conferred on him were regarded as civic crowns for all his fellow townsmen. All who have read that de lightful little volume of Scottish stories, Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush, will recall the beautiful opening sketch of Domsie, the village schoolmaster, and his favorite pupil. Its story is the story of many another town, and many another master and pupil. Would to God that such devotion to a high and noble life were more universal! 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.