Madam How and Lady Why Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

Madam How and Lady Why Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for ChildrenMy dear boys,When I was...
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Author: Kingsley, Charles,1819-1875
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Language: English
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Madam How and Lady Why Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

Madam How and Lady Why Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

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Madam How and Lady Why Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

$19.99 $9.99
Author: Kingsley, Charles,1819-1875
Format: eBook
Language: English

Madam How and Lady Why; Or, First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children

My dear boys,When I was your age, there were no such childrens books as there are now. Those which we had were few and dull, and the pictures in them ugly and mean: while you have your choice of books without number, clear, amusing, and pretty, as well as really instructive, on subjects which were only talked of fifty years ago by a few learned men, and very little understood even by them. So if mere reading of books would make wise men, you ought to grow up much wiser than us old fellows. But mere reading of wise books will not make you wise men: you must use for yourselves the tools with which books are made wise; and that isyour eyes, and ears, and common sense. Now, among those very stupid old-fashioned boys books was one which taught me that; and therefore I am more grateful to it than if it had been as full of wonderful pictures as all the natural history books you ever saw. Its name was Evenings at Home; and in it was a story called Eyes and no Eyes; a regular old-fashioned, prim, sententious story; and it began thus: Well, Robert, where have you been walking this afternoon? said Mr. Andrews to one of his pupils at the close of a holiday. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 1697
Author: Kingsley, Charles
Release Date: Apr 1, 1999
Format: eBook
Language: English

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