LIBRARY FOR LITTLE FOLKS, A SERIES OF SIXPENNY BOOKS, BY A. M. & C. E. SARGEANT, TASTEFULLY GOT UP AND ILLUSTRATED. EXTRACT FROM PREFACE, 66 ADDRESSED TO THE READERS OF THE LIBRARY FOR "" LITTLE FOLKS. MY DEAR LITTLE FRIENDS, Little friends we may call you all, though there will, of course, be degrees of comparison-Little, less, and least-amongst the readers of the "Library for Little Folks." Some will have attained the important ages of eleven or twelve, and they must have food for the mind befitting that age; others will have arrived at eight, nine, and ten. But many who are not more than six or seven will, we hope, be learned enough to read some of the books in this "Library," and to suit such, some will be printed in large letters. The "Library" will contain amusing stories, pleasant conversations on a great many interesting and instructive subjects-mostly on the wonderful things in Nature; and now and then a History of some well-known person-you know, I suppose, such Histories are called Biography. This sort of reading you will find quite as amusing, and a great deal more useful, than books about Giants and Fairies, and wild adventures. Every book we read ought to make us wiser and better, and it need not be dull or dry because it is intended to do so. Should you learn something that is good from every little book, you will of course be at the end of the year a great deal wiser and better than you are now; and then you will have cause to be glad that you laid out your money in buying "The Library for Little Folks." NEW YEAR'S NIGHT AND PAPA'S BIRTH-DAY. THE STEP-MOTHER; OR, THE BERESFORD FAMILY. MARY AND MINNIE; OR, THE LITTLE GIRLS' QUESTIONS. ACTIVE KINDNESS; or, THE LITTLE NAIL-MAKER, UNCLE JOHN'S PARTY, AND THE ITALIAN BOY. THE BLUE SILK FROCK; OR, CELIA'S VISIT. WALKS WITH MAMMA. THE GOOD PASTOR; OR, THE LIFE OF JOHN FREDERIC OBERLIN. FANNY WOODBORNE; OR, THE PEARL-STRINGER. MAMMA'S STORIES. THE LIFE OF CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. A LITTLE BOOK FOR SUNDAY. STORIES FOR BOYS. BLIND ALICE; or, Do Right, if you wish to be Happy. GRACE AND CLARA; or, Be Just as well as Generous. THE COUSINS AT WOODVILLE; or, Disobedience Punished. LONDON-PARTRIDGE & OAKEY, 34, PATERNOSTER ROW. And may be had of all Booksellers. |