Little Arthur's History of England [antikvár]

TO MOTHEES. -•o«- Though I have not the happiness to be a mother, my love of children has led me to think a good deal about them, their amusements, and their le.-sons. This little history was written for a real little Arthur, and I have endeavoured to write it nearly as I would tell it to an intelligent child. I well remember what I wanted to be told myself, in addition to what I found in my lesson-hook, when I w^as first allowed to read the History of England, and I hope I have answered most of the questions I recollect to have wished to ask. I may have failed in satisfying the almost hound-less inquiries of intelligent children; and I could wish that the mothtr or governess, who may put this little book into the hands of her pupils, would read each chapter herself before she gives it to a child, that she may be ready wdth answers to such questions as the chapter may suggest. Perhaps I have not made my small volume amusing enough to answer the purpose of those wlio wiish children to learn eveiything in play. I do not know that I could have dune so, if I wished it: there are some things to be learned from the History of England, that are of some import to the future life of a child, and are no play: things, independent of the change of kings, or the fighting