CONTENTS.
CHILDHOOD.
THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW YEAR
THE STORY OF EDWARD LYON; OR, CONFESSING A FAULT.
TO MY GOOD ANGEL.
SELF-DENIAL.
HENRY AND HIS SISTER.
ANNA AND HER KITTEN.
FAITHFULNESS; OR, THE STORY OF THE BIRD'S NEST. TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN.
THE GREAT MAN. WRITTEN FOR VERY YOUNG READERS.
PHILOSOPHY AT HOME. THE AIR THERMOMETER.
THE RABBIT. A STORY FOR LITTLE READERS.
THE SLEIGH RIDE.
STORY OF A GREYHOUND.
THE TRUANT.
A SUMMER MORNING RAMBLE.
THE HOTTENTOTS.
PHILOSOPHY AT HOME. THE WHISPERING FIGURE. ILLUSTRATING THE PROPAGATION OF SOUNDS.
STORY OF THE SEA.
THE OLD SLATE.
CHILDREN.
LIZZY; A FAIRY TALE.
ELLEN. A TRUE STORY. She looked into my eyes, Her own were
PHILOSOPHY IN COMMON THINGS. CORKING THE KETTLE SPOUT UP.
THE LOST CHILDREN. A TRUE STORY.
FORGIVENESS.
THE TWO NOSEGAYS.
CAMGNO; OR, THE TAME ROE. A TRUE STORY.
THE SECRET.
SCIENCE OF THE HUMAN FRAME. THE SKIN.
VOICES FROM NATURE.
KING ALFRED.
GRACE MIDDLETON.
SHELLS.
EMULATION. A CONVERSATION BETWEEN HENRY AND HIS FATHER.
A NURSE'S SONG.
THE SHEPHERD AND THE FAIRY.
SIMPLE PLEASURES.
THE ROBIN'S "GOOD BYE" TO LITTLE ARAMINTA.
THE BABY-HOUSE.
FIDELITY AND OBEDIENCE.
BESSIE LEE.
THE STARS. ORION.
THE APPLE.
THE NEW SINGING SCHOOL.
THE BALLOON.
CURIOUS LITTLE PAINTERS.
THE UPAS, OR POISON TREE.
DISOBEDIENCE, AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
THE GAME OF WEATHERCOCKS.
JAMES CARTIER. AN EARLY TRAVELLER IN AMERICA.
ANSELMO'S ESCAPE; OR, THE DOG SAINT BERNARD.
TO MY BOY TOM, ON GIVING HIM HIS FIRST SPELLING-BOOK. Poor Tom,
SECOND STORY OF THE SEA.
THE CHILD AT PRAYER.
THE CHILD ANGEL.
THE STORM.
SOMETHING ABOUT DOGS.
THE MORNING WALK.
THE OSTRICH
THE VIOLET. MODESTY.
THE ELEPHANT.
Transcriber's Notes
BY PETER PARLEY
LONDON.
Published by H. G. Collins.
THE
BOYS’ AND GIRLS’ LIBRARY;
CONTAINING
A VARIETY OF USEFUL AND INSTRUCTIVE READING,
SELECTED FROM EMINENT
WRITERS FOR YOUTH,
BY PETER PARLEY.
LONDON:
H. G. COLLINS, PATERNOSTER ROW.
MDCCCLI.
