The following scheme of virtues and vices belonging peculiarly to boys and girls of this period is dealt with in In conclusion, it may be added that neither this book nor the Series of which it is a member aims at teaching a Science of Ethics or a System of Theology. The years covered by the Series are not the time for teaching such Sciences, which call for a far greater maturity of mind. All that is aimed at is systematically to establish children and youth in habits of will and in right ideals and forms of conduct in such character, conduct, and ideals as are genuinely Christian. In short, Christian Nurture is the aim of this Series. In introducing these books for home and private school instruction the undersigned earnestly hope that they are adequately meeting a great need in moral and religious training. We are permitted by the kindness of the publishing houses named below to use the following selections: "The Story of Joseph" from One Hundred Bible Stories, by Robert Bird (Charles Scribner's Sons); Extracts from The William Henry Letters, by Abby Morton Diaz, and “Lincoln's Boyhood and School Days" from The True Story of Abraham Lincoln, by Elbridge S. Brooks (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard Company); "The Call of Samuel" from The Garden of Eden, by George Hodges, "The Story of the Sower" from When the King Came, by George Hodges, "June Weather," by James Russell Lowell, "Hiawatha's Departure," by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (Houghton Mifflin Company). We are also indebted to Mr. Lloyd Mifflin for "A Picture of My Mother" from Collected Sonnets of Lloyd Mifflin. E. HERSHEY SNEATH, HENRY HALLAM TWEEDY. |