Down to the present day no other book has become and remained a schoolbook for religious instruction to such an extent as Luther's Small Catechism.
"Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church"
Friedrich Bente
You remember, don't you, the schoolbook classic of the noble lad who by reason of his neat dress, and by his use in the most casual conversation of the sort of language which the late Mr. Henry James used when he was writing his very Jamesiest, secured a job as a trusted messenger in the large city store or in the city's large store, if we are going to be purists about it, as the boy in question undoubtedly was?
"A Plea for Old Cap Collier"
Irvin S. Cobb
We have the word of the schoolbook for it.
"A Plea for Old Cap Collier"
Irvin S. Cobb