Excerpt from The Academy Keeper: Or Variety of Useful Directions Concerning the Management of an Academy, the Terms, Diet, Lodging, Recreation, Discipline, and Instruction of Young Gentlemen There is another Inducement to the publication of thefe' rules, which I mufi not fup'prefs. The caufe of learning declines with the reputation of its, friends. And'if we enquire, why the c'haraeier of an Academy treated with fuch general, ccontsempt, we' 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.