religious and sensible tone.
=564. The Diamond Rose.= By SARAH TYTLER. (Strahan) 5_s._
This is our favourite among a large number of tales any one of which is
safe reading.
=565. Jasmine Lee.= By C. FRASER TYTLER. (Strahan) 5_s._
The piteous story of a poor little abducted heiress.
=566. Madeleine.= By JULIA KAVANAGH. (Chapman & Hall) 2_s._
The beautiful true tale of the French peasant girl who founded a hospital
for incurables.
=567. Gabrielle Vaughan.= (Seeley) 5_s._
A great favourite.
=568. A Vantage-Ground for doing Good.= By FLORENCE WILFORD. (Masters)
4_s._ 6_d._
=569. A Maiden of Our Own Day.= By FLORENCE WILFORD. (Masters) 6_s._
Both excellent in their different lines.
=570. Through Trial to Triumph.= By MAGGIE SYMINGTON. (Cassell) 2_s._
6_d._
The troubles of a wife who cannot understand her husband.
=571. A Young Philistine.= By ALICE CORKRAN. (Burns & Oates)
Three charming tales, two of foreign life, all teaching tenderness for
the feelings of others.
=572. A Promise Kept.= By MARY E. PALGRAVE. (National Society) 3_s._
Unusually striking and beautiful. A girl, whose dreams inspire missionary
ardour, yet who has not steadfastness or courage enough to follow out her
own visions when they may become earnest.
=573. By Northern Seas.= By MARY BELL. (Church Extension Society)
Dissent is here treated justly and fairly, and the tale is thoroughly
interesting, containing natural though striking characters.
=574. Byewords.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
Short tales mostly reprinted from the Christmas numbers of the ‘Monthly
Packet.’
=575. Uncle Max.= By R. N. CAREY. (Bentley)
An excellent tale of village nursing.
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FAIRY TALES.
There are certain fairy tales that are absolute classics, and a
knowledge of which is absolutely necessary to understand common
allusions. The grandmothers have ceased to tell them, and the
little chap-books are no more, so that it has happened to me to
pause on a mention of ‘Cinderella’ or ‘Beauty and the Beast,’
and find no one understand it, and I have kept a whole school
interested while waiting for an entertainment by telling one
of these. Therefore, a _small_ list is here given, for fairy
tales should be regarded as treats, and only the superior ones
put forth freely. It will generally be found that in the first
stage of education they are despised, but that children of any
imagination enjoy them. One or two _imaginative_ classics are
added.
=576. The Fairy Book.= Selected by the Author of ‘John Halifax.’
(Macmillan) 4_s._ 6_d._
These are the genuine old fairy tales, that ought to be known to
everyone, simply told.
=577. Grimm’s Fairy Tales.= Mrs. PAULL’S Selection. (Warne) 3_s._ 6_d._
or 2_s._ 6_d._ Globe edition (Macmillan) 2_s._
These two sets make up the real folk-lore tales—remnants of old myths, of
more modern ones.
=578. Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales.= Mrs. PAULL’S Selection.
(Warne) 3_s._ 6_d._
These have, by their merits, become almost as classical as their
predecessors, and quite as proverbial. The ‘Ugly Duckling’ and the
‘Daisy’ ought to be known to all.
=579. The Hope of the Katzekopfs.= By the Rev. F. PAGET. (Masters) 2_s._
Deserves to be classical for its fun and its moral.
=580. Old-fashioned Fairy Tales.= By Mrs. EWING. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
Modern, but according to the ancient rules of fairy tales.
=581. The Arabian Nights.= By the Rev. G. F. TOWNSEND. (Routledge) 3_s._
6_d._
These are almost necessary for the understanding of allusions, besides
the fascination of such tales as ‘Aladdin’s Lamp,’ ‘The Forty Thieves,’
or ‘Sindbad.’ It is remarkable that Hannah More thought even the old
uncastigated tradition translated from the French more wholesome reading
for young people than contemporary tales of character, perhaps because
less tending to introspection.
=582. Alice in Wonderland.= By LEWIS CARROLL. (Macmillan) 6_s._
=583. Through the Looking-Glass.= By LEWIS CARROLL. (Macmillan) 6_s._
It takes some cultivation to enjoy these wondrously droll compositions.
=584. The Water Babies.= By C. KINGSLEY. (Macmillan) 6_s._
The same may be said of this. These are literature, though we are not
sure whether ordinary school children would care for them.
=585. Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland.= By CROKER. (Swan
Sonnenschein) 5_s._
These are some of the most delightful fairy tales in existence, told with
an Irish humour that adds infinitely to their zest.
=586. The Light Princess.= By G. MACDONALD. (Daldy) 2_s._ 6_d._
Worthy to be old fairy tales.
=587. The Little Lame Prince.= By the Author of ‘John Halifax.’
(Macmillan) 4_s._ 6_d._
Too beautiful and earnest not to be well worth reading.
=588. Four Winds Farm.= By Mrs. MOLESWORTH. (Macmillan)
One of the best of Mrs. Molesworth’s dream-like tales.
=589. Down the Snow Stairs.= By ALICE CORKRAN. (Blackie) 6_s._
Of the same type.
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MOTHERS’ MEETINGS.
Weary, hardworked women thoroughly enjoy a bit of interesting
reading, whether pathetic or droll. Foreign tales or those
of adventure do not, as a rule, interest them, and the
old-fashioned book, where a preternaturally wise dame instructs
her neighbours is too much a lecture in disguise. By all means,
let there be some religious reading, then if possible some on
sanitary habits, domestic economy and management of children,
but not under the disguise of a story. A good, genuine fiction
gives them a real interest and something to talk of. It should
not appear to be a child’s book or they will feel insulted,
but they like nothing better than when the joys or sorrows
turn on an infant; and there is no better mode of conveying
indirect lessons—to some persons, that is to say, for there are
others who have no notion of applying what they hear to real
life. Still, wholesome amusement is a thing of which they get
all too little, and the pleasure of being read to is one they
thoroughly appreciate. Of course these books are specially
fitted for lending to old or young. They are only classed under
the category of books for Mothers’ Meetings because eminently
fitted for that purpose as well as for Lending Library shelves.
_FICTION._
=590. A Dog’s Mission.= By Mrs. BEECHER STOWE. (Nelson) 1_s._ 6_d._
A family reconciliation.
=591. The Story of the Lost Emerald.= By EMMA MARSHALL. (Nelson) 1_s._
The loss of an old maid’s much-valued jewel at a fire rouses her to think
of higher things.
=592. Pamela’s Bequest.= By Mrs. SANDFORD. (Walter Smith) 2_s._ 6_d._
The bequest is a delicate child, left by a dying mother to a kindly
little formal dressmaker while the father is at sea. The complications on
his return are most effective. When he makes a blundering offer and gets
refused, a listening woman has been known to rap the table in an ecstasy
of enjoyment.
=593. Afloat.= By Mrs. STANLEY LEATHES. (John F. Shaw) 3_s._ 6_d._
A family bereaved for a time of a little girl sent adrift in a boat by an
idiot. It excites great interest.
=594. Burnt Out.= By C. M. YONGE. (Walter Smith) 2_s._ 6_d._
On the demoralising effects of going about with a petition.
=595. Aunt Kezia’s Will.= By S. M. SITWELL. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._
A family quarrel pacified through the love and interest excited by a
blind child.
=596. Laddie.= (Walter Smith) 1_s._
A most touching story of an old peasant woman’s journey to London to see
her son, who has risen to eminence as a doctor.
=597. Short Stories for Mothers’ Meetings.= By FLORENCE WILFORD.
(Masters) 2_s._
Well-written stories, especially fitted for those meetings where the
attendance is too irregular for continuous reading to be advisable.
=598. Tales for Mission Rooms.= (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
The first of these is a capital lesson on gossip; the second has a very
touching portrait in it.
=599. Meg’s Mistake.= By Mrs. O’REILLY. (Strahan)
Originally published as ‘Sussex Stories.’ Very lifelike, and two at
least can be read with admirable effect—namely, ‘Fairy Gold’ and another
bringing in the accident to the London steamboat ‘Princess Alice.’ The
others have been tried, but do not seem as well liked. Perhaps they are
too wordy.
=600. Pictures of Cottage Life.= By M. POOLE. (Macmillan) 3_s._ 6_d._
These are thoroughly delightful. There is an old woman with what she
thinks is a skeleton warning in her eye, also a deserted wife and an
adopted child, who all are completely real and as touching as they are
quaint.
=601. The Cottage Next Door.= By HELEN SHIPTON. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
The taming of a rough lad through the helplessness of the pretty little
silly wife and babies whom his brute of a brother abandons for a while.
=602. True Gold.= (Church Extension Society) 2_s._
A family at the gold-diggings, where the wife realises more at last by
making ginger-beer than the husband by all his find of nuggets, and her
faithful uprightness and industry are the saving of all.
=603. Harry’s Discipline.= By LAURA LANE. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._
A good-natured careless young railway porter neglects his mother till
she is almost starved. The lesson is chiefly meant for the sons, but it
deeply affects the mothers, and is a warning to them not to spoil their
boys.
=604. The Lion Battalion.= Story 2. (See No. 21.)
=605. Little Meg’s Children.= (See No. 49.)
=606. Scenes in a Children’s Hospital.= By L. BURKE. (R.T.S.) 1_s._
Interests the mothers greatly.
=607. Wee Willie Winkie.= (Cassell) 1_s._ 6_d._
The beginning, being an old fisherman’s difficulties with a baby rescued
from a wreck, is much enjoyed. The latter part is neither so natural nor
so effective.
=608. What a Man Soweth.= By G. STEBBING. (Nisbet) 3_s._ 6_d._
A boy perverted by his mother laughing at small pilferings. The
conclusion is improbably happy, but the tale is excellent.
=609. The Storm of Life.= By HESBA STRETTON. (R.T.S.) 1_s._ 6_d._
A painful but very effective story of a poor woman just out of prison
striving to redeem her character and save her little girl from her wicked
husband. The only flaw in the book is the disregard of baptism for a babe
only born to die.
=610. An Innocent.= By S. M. SITWELL. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._
Here a little half-witted girl is the good angel of her rough, careless
parents. The people are very naturally drawn.
=611. The Watchers on the Longships.= By J. F. COBB. (Wells Gardner,
Darton, & Co.) 3_s._ 6_d._
A lighthouse story. Very welcome on the coast, where a woman has been
known to lie awake thinking of it.
=612. My Little Patient.= (Masters) 6_d._
Supposed to be told by a doctor. Full of pathos, which touches mothers
more than it does children.
=613. Copsley Annals.= By Miss ELLIOT. (Seeley) 5_s._
A delightful book for all ages. Perhaps the best for mothers is the tale
that has been published separately under the title of
=614. Mrs. Blackett’s Story.= 1_s._
=615. Tried and True.= By FLORENCE WILFORD. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
The faithfulness of a fly driver, who wins his wife back from habits of
intoxication.
=616. Bearing the Yoke.= By HELEN SHIPTON. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
A young farmer weighed down by a liability incurred by his father.
=617. Young Sixfoot.= By Mrs. GARNETT. (S.P.C.K.) 6_d._
A navvy story, but likely to be highly appreciated by women.
=618. Tales of the Bush.= By Mrs. VIDAL. (Masters) 3_s._ 6_d._
Australian life, but good for all, especially one on Sunday trading.
=619. Daddy Dick.= By Mrs. BROMFIELD. 3_s._ 6_d._
The civilisation of a rude lad through a little waif. It appeals to the
maternal sympathy.
=620. An Empty House.= By E. WORDSWORTH. (Hatchards) 6_d._
A story of much power and beauty, turning on a crime committed by an
intoxicated man.
=621. Bede’s Charity.= By HESBA STRETTON. (R.T.S.) 3_s._ 6_d._
A beautiful and striking tale. No one can better strike the chords of
homely pathos than Hesba Stretton, but all her tales are not equal, and
some are written for special purposes.
=622. Friends till Death.= By HESBA STRETTON. (R.T.S.) 1_s._ 6_d._
The very touching affection of an old shepherd for his helpless friend.
=623. Homes Made and Marred.= (R.T.S.) 2_s._ 6_d._
Sensible and useful.
=624. Two Christmas Stories.= By HESBA STRETTON. (R.T.S.) 6_d._
The last is specially excellent when a short effective tale is wanted.
=625. Seeketh Not Her Own.= (See No. 500.)
=626. The Heroine of a Basket Van.= By MARY BRAMSTON. (National Society)
2_s._ 6_d._
Excellent for mothers as well as children.
=627. High and Lowly.= By ELLEN DAVIS. (Nisbet) 2_s._
Well-told migrations of a retired servant in search of a home. A Blue
Ribbon conquest at the end.
=628. For Half-a-Crown.= (See No. 114.)
=629. A Railway Garden.= By Mrs. SITWELL. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
A bright wife and a nagging wife, also a lesson against being hard on a
sinner.
=630. Gran.= (Nisbet) 2_s._ 6_d._
A drinking husband suddenly reformed by his child’s death.
=631. Five Thousand Pounds.= By AGNES GIBERNE. (Nisbet) 2_s._
A sad story of a legacy proving the ruin of a family.
=632. The Black Coppice.= By Mrs. LAWSON. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
A very excellent narrative of the trials of a poacher’s good wife,
entering more than do many such books into real difficulties in
Church-going.
=633. Two Poor Old Women.= By Mrs. LAWSON. (S.P.C.K.) 12_s._ per 100.
A spirited tract on content and discontent.
_COUNSEL._
When the clergyman will open mothers’ meetings, and give a
little instruction, this is all that is requisite to convey the
religious tone. If he be not there, it may be well to begin
with something serious. Some ladies can explain a chapter of
the Bible, but in most cases a reading will be most convenient
for the purpose. Here are a few suggested:—
=634. Letters from an Unknown Friend.= By the Author of ‘Charles Lowder.’
(Kegan Paul) 1_s._ (See No. 280.)
Short explanations of the claims of the Church, which may be useful as
guarding against Dissent.
=635. An Address to Women.= By the Bishop of CARLISLE. (S.P.C.K.) 2_d._
This is a most admirable, practical address given at the time of the
Carlisle Church Congress. It goes into the ordinary trials of woman’s
life with great force, and at the same time gives all encouragement.
=636. An Earnest Appeal to Mothers.= By Mrs. G. SUMNER. (Nisbet) 3_d._
Strong and touching appeals to mothers on guarding the purity of their
children from the first.
=637. A Few Words to Mothers of Little Children.= (Hatchards) 2_d._ each
or 50 at half-price.
Teaching the same lesson of preserving modesty. These three little books
may be given broadcast, but they will be more effective if first read.
=638. Half-hours at Mothers’ Meetings.= 2_s._
Some of the little discourses here are very useful. One entitled ‘The
Hour of Temper’ merits especial praise.
=639. The Chimney Corner.= By E. WORDSWORTH. (Hatchards) 1_s._ 6_d._
=640. Short Words for Long Evenings.= By E. WORDSWORTH. (Hatchards) 1_s._
6_d._
=641. Work-a-Day World.= By E. WORDSWORTH. (Hatchards) 1_s._ 6_d._
All the above three are deeply thoughtful, often poetical, yet simple
moralisings on common things.
=642. Plain Words.= By the Bishop of BEDFORD. One series 2_s._, or in
separate tracts in 3 packets, 1_s._ each.
The force and beauty of these need no praise here, and they have the
further merit of being just the right length.
=643. The Scripture Half-hour at Mothers’ Meetings.= (R.T.S.) 2_s._
There are some admirable bits here, especially in the way of true
anecdote and application, but some selection may be needful.
=644. Bits of Talk on Home Matters.= (Sampson Low) 2_s._
There are most admirable chapters in this little book; to be valued by
mothers of all degrees. ‘A polite mother’ is an admirable lesson.
The above are serious. Those that follow are domestic and
secular.
=645. Ways and Means in a Devonshire Village.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._
Conversations on household management and cookery, done with spirit, and
eliciting remarks and comparisons.
=646. Lectures on Health.= By Mrs. HALLETT. (Hatchards) 1_s._ 6_d._
Very useful explanations of sanitary measures in plain language.
=647. How to be Well.= By Mrs. HALLETT. (Walter Smith) 1_s._
Good advice on clothing, food, and regulation.
=648. Till the Doctor Comes.= By Dr. HOPE. (R.T.S.) 6_d._, in cloth 9_d._
=649. The Making of the Home.= By Mrs. C. BARNETT. (Cassell) 1_s._ 6_d._
Very good hints on house, health, and clothes.
=650. Social Economy Reading Book.= (National Society) 2_s._
Even better adapted for reading _to_ mothers than by children.
_EXTRACTS._
A few passages are here mentioned as serving well to read aloud
at Mothers’ Meetings, though the whole book might not serve
equally well.
=651. The Way of the Cross.= By EMILY S. HOLT. (Shaw) 1_s._ 6_d._
The ‘Web Ismene Wove,’ the third tale in this book, is exceedingly
beautiful, and is an excellent reading near Passiontide. It is the story
of a Greek girl at Jerusalem, who longs to make something to be used in
the service of the God of Israel. The white web she weaves comes to be
sold in haste to Joseph of Arimathæa, and thus her longing is fulfilled.
The second tale is harmless, being of the mother of Ahaz, and how she
spoilt her son; but the first would hardly be given or read aloud by
those who would shrink from the strong assertion that SS. James, Jude,
and Joses were sons of the Blessed Virgin.
=652. The Man on the Top of the Ark, and other Gospel Parables.= By
ALEXANDER MACLEOD SYMINGTON. (Nisbet) 1_s._
If at the end of the first parable the reader inserts the text, ‘The
like figure whereunto even Baptism doth now save us,’ the teaching is
complete. The application of the Brazen Serpent and the City of Refuge
is also excellent. They are the Biblical history dramatised, as it were.
(See No. 353.)
=653. Catharine and Crawfurd Tait.= (Macmillan) 2_s._ 6_d._ and 6_s._
If the reader can command her voice to get through it, the history of
Mrs. Tait’s successive bereavements will be listened to with intense
interest.
=654. Mrs. Gaskell’s Tales.= In 7 vols. (Smith, Elder, & Co.) 2_s._ 6_d._
and 3_s._ 6_d._ each.
=655. Libbie Marsh’s Three Eras.=
St. Valentine’s day. Story of a factory girl and a cripple.
=656. The Sexton’s Story.=
An heroic act of self-sacrifice.
=657. Christmas Storms and Sunshine.=
A quarrel made up over a baby.
These three admirable stories are bound up with others less useful
in collected editions of Mrs. Gaskell’s Tales, and are not to be had
separately.
=658.= In =Mary Barton=, by Mrs. GASKELL (Smith, Elder, & Co.) (see No.
551),
Job’s description of the two old men’s journey by the coach with the baby
cannot fail to enchant the women.
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FOR MISSIONARY WORKING-PARTIES.
These are of such very different composition that all that
can be done here is to suggest books bearing on varieties of
Mission labour at home and abroad, such as may interest either
cultivated ladies, middle-class women, or very young people.
=659. Home Workers for Foreign Missions.= By E. J. WHATELY. (R.T.S.)
1_s._ 6_d._
A remarkably sensible, clever book. Should be read by all beginning a
working-party, to show them what to do and what not to do.
=660. Black and White.= By H. FORDE. (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
Short sketches of home and foreign missions admirably _sandwiched_
together.
=661. Pioneers and Founders.= By C. M. YONGE. (Macmillan) 6_s._
Brief biographies of English and American missionaries.
=662. Life of Henrietta Robertson.= By ANNE MACKENZIE. (Bell) 3_s._ 6_d._
A record of devoted labours in the earlier days of the Zulu mission.
=663. The Story of a Fellow-Soldier.= By FRANCES AWDRY. (Macmillan) 2_s._
6_d._
A short life of Bishop Patteson.
=664. An Elder Sister.= By FRANCES AWDRY. (Bemrose) 4_s._ 6_d._
The lives of Charles Mackenzie, first Bishop of Zululand, and his
fellow-worker and sister.
=665. Our Maoris.= By Lady MARTIN. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._ 6_d._
Very life-like accounts of work in New Zealand almost from the first
settlement, often droll, always striking, taken from letters written at
the time the events happened.
=666. Three Martyrs of the Nineteenth Century.= (S.P.C.K.) 3_s._ 6_d._
Short biographies of Dr. Livingstone, Bishop Patteson, and General Gordon.
=667. A Wider World.= By CRONA TEMPLE. (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
An attempt to show how interest in missionary life enlarges the whole
mind and interest. The execution is not equal to the conception, but,
such as it is, it may be a useful opening of the subject.
=668. New Ground.= By C. M. YONGE. (Walter Smith) 3_s._
Story of a missionary’s family in Natal chiefly founded on letters from
the Mackenzie family.
=669. Life of Bishop Venables of Nassau.= By Rev. W. H. F. KING. (Wells
Gardner, Darton, & Co.) 3_s._ 6_d._
=670. Life of Bishop Field of Newfoundland.= By Rev. H. W. TUCKER. (Wells
Gardner, Darton, & Co.) 5_s._
Brief and very interesting biographies of two noble-hearted missionary
bishops.
=671. Ten Years among the Coloured Folk.=
This is an American clergyman’s experience among the emancipated negroes
of Baltimore. (A small book, about 2_s._, can no doubt be procured
through Sampson Low.)
=672. Dust Ho!= By H. A. FORDE. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
Descriptions of home mission work.
=673. Master Missionaries.= By Dr. A. H. JAPP. (Unwin) 3_s._ 6_d._
The life of General Oglethorpe, with which this begins, is very curious
and interesting. Fit for the educated.
=674. Effie and her Ayah.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._
=675. Little Tija.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._
Short studies of Indian child life, suited to a simple audience or those
including children.
=676. Alone among the Zulus.= (S.P.C.K.) 1_s._ 6_d._
The veritable adventures of a lady, some twenty years ago, when she went
to attend a brother who had fallen sick on a hunting expedition.
=677. Mrs. Poynter’s Missionary Box.= (S.P.C.K.) 2_d._
May be useful in showing how these can be used.
=678. My Two Years in an Indian Mission.= By H. F. BLACKETT. (S.P.C.K.)
1_s._ 6_d._
A vivid picture of actual mission work by the clergy; full of interest in
both town and country work.
=679. Ten Years in Melanesia.= By the Rev. ALFRED PENNY. (Wells Gardner,
Darton, & Co.) 5_s._
=680. Mission Work in British Guiana.= By the Rev. W. G. BRETT. 3_s._
A delightful book, if only regarded as one of travels.
=681. Sketches of Sarawak.= By Mrs. MACDOUGALL. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._ 6_d._
There is unfailing interest in the narrative of the devoted life led by
Bishop and Mrs. Macdougall in the days of Rajah Brooke.
=682. Glimpses of Maori Land.= By ANNIE R. BUTLER. (R.T.S.) 5_s._
A delightful tour among the clergy in New Zealand.
=683. Klatsassan.= By C. S. BROWN. (S.P.C.K.) 2_s._
Missionary work in British Columbia.
=684. Straightforward.= By H. A. FORDE. (Church Extension Society) 1_s._
May be reckoned as properly a tale of adventure; but as it results in
intercourse with the Papuans, it might serve well for a work party
needing something of a story to keep up their attention.
=685. Our Navvies.= By Mrs. GARNETT. (Hodder) 3_s._ 6_d._
An excellent book that should be read whenever it is desirable to
interest people in navvy missions.
=686. A Promise Kept.= (See No. 572.)
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IMPROVING BOOKS.
Under this head are classed those on different countries, on
history, biography, natural history, popular science, and real
adventure.
As has been said before, these are specially suited for prizes,
as they will be read again in after life. For those intended
for young people there will never be any great demand. In
almost all lending libraries they stand still on their shelves
with clean pages. We teach our children too much for them to be
willing to learn for themselves. The appetite may come in after
times, and sometimes may exist or be excited in some particular
direction. In cases where young people are secluded from school
by illness, it is desirable on all accounts that their mental
fare should include something besides devotional books and
fiction.
To begin with, the use of maps and the reading lessons at
school make scenes in different countries interesting, and
perhaps the surest books to be appreciated as rewards are those
giving pictures of costumes, &c.
_ON DIFFERENT COUNTRIES._