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y i PREFACE.

pretensions, but far from unimportant in its results) with
■which the Editor hag charged herself. Many of the pieces

have been given entire, others again reduced and amplified
to the comprehension of childhood. This plan has enabled

the Editor to combine great variety with the utmost economy;
and, that not even the youngest class of her little friends may

have cause to complain that they are forgotten, a number of
approved nursery songs, with which we can all recollect having

been delighted, are introduced at the end of the volume.
These may* perhaps, tend, in a slight degree, to make the

province of the nurse preparatory to that of the governess;
— and to heighten the gratification of our readers, every story

and song has been carefully and beautifully illustrated.
It is trusted, in conclusion, that the labours of the Editor

will have proved successful, in making easy to her little friends,
the juvenile public, an important step in the ladder of know­

ledge ; and that, in so doing, she has delighted the imagination
without corrupting the heart.

J. M.