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PREFACE
TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
A juvenile history of England has long been
needed in our primary schools.
Those already prepared, and in use, are written in a style entirely beyond the capacities of young children, and too comprehensive in detail.
"History for children ought to be told in their wn simple language, or it fails to interest them; hile all that is unfitted for childish ears, or unsuited to a childish understanding, should be refully omitted; at the same time, it is essen to avoid making false or imperfect impressions by an injudicious brevity."
Philadelphia, 1853.
