title: Southerner's Instruction Book, The
author:  Jim Erskine 
description: Jim Erskine is a humorist and writer who has published more than a dozen children's and humor books in more than fifteen years. He holds a degree in folklore from Western Kentucky University, owns his own greeting card company, and has had artwork published in Cosmopolitan, Campus Life, and other national publications. Erskine also shares the honor of being the founding member of the Kentucky-based Ugly Necktie Society of America.
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  # Mary Erskine
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Jacob Abbott
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  SCENE OF THE STORY.
  
  
  
  
  
  MARY ERSKINE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER I. JEMMY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER II. THE BRIDE.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER III. MARY ERSKINE'S VISITORS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IV. CALAMITY.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER V. CONSULTATIONS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VI. MARY BELL IN THE WOODS.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VII. HOUSE-KEEPING.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER VIII. THE SCHOOL.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER IX. GOOD MANAGEMENT.
  
  
    
  CHAPTER X. THE VISIT TO MARY ERSKINE'S.
  
  
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  [Illustration: MARY ERSKINE'S FARM]
  
  
  MARY ERSKINE
  
  
  A Franconia Story,
  
  
  BY THE AUTHOR OF THE ROLLO BOOKS.
  
  
  
  
  
  NEW YORK: HARPER &BROTHERS PUBLISHERS. FRANKLIN SQUARE.
  
  
  Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, by HARPER &
  
  
  BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office for the Southern District of New York.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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