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PREFACE.

ner. This is what a child does not like.


The first question he asks, when he has
finished his reading, if he is at

all
inte

or is,
the tale, What became of the
in

rested
poor dog, the fox, the wolf? While the
stories were told with the customary dry
much importance;
of
ness, this was not
but, the moment reality

of
character
a

given narrative,
to

was the cried aloud it


for correction. have accordingly en
I

all

my narra
a to

deavoured make almost


happy and forgiving tone,
in

tives end
that tone of mind which would wish
to in

cultivate my child.
in

Lastly, the ordinary Fable-books


in

every object, wolf,


be

stag, coun
it
a

a
a

try-fair, God, the grim


or

Heathen
of a

spectre Death, introduced abruptly:


is

and, few parents, and fewer gover


as

nesses, are inclined interrupt their les


to

sons with dialogue, and enter into ex


planations, the child early taught
to
is

receive and repeat words which convey


no

specific idea have en


to to

his mind.
I

deavoured never forget, that the book


was writing, was nearly
to be

or
to

the first,
I

the first, book offered the child’s atten


no

tion. have introduced leading object


I

without clear and distinct explanation.


a

By this means the little reader will


be

accustomed to form clear and distinct

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