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    24 WHAT SHALL THE CHILDBEN READ ?

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    truth and to God . For there are two special evils which y is de u teriorate the thful tendency life many and to otherwise faul dwell tsas upon excellent thoug deceit h t books _, in ver the for commonness children descriptions . One of of

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    the elaborate Will final the _denouement quick plans for and deception clever and punishm child successfull gain ent by y reading carried to his out histories ? min Will d a

    convey nications lesson of alread warning rece sufficient ived ? to And counterb yet a number alance the of evil tales commu for the

    young little ones are composed not all that entirel is y lovel of such y and histories of good , lay report ing before but the all

    that is untrue , , cowardly , and worldly . The timid child , , whose learn very fearfulness to be frank engenders and sincere untru b th y reading and concealment how be cleverl —will y and she

    to successfull overcome y g her irls natural like herself failing have by meditating deceived ? or on the encouraged history of to their tell falls a lie— and will punishment his innate ? love And of the truth noble and manl boy , who frankness scorns

    y library remain as that pure truth , as is warm rather , when the exception he finds — , from something his nurs to ery be

    , more admired common and rewarded dispositions , while of children deceit and like prevarication himself ? are the

    It may be said , " Why set before a child an ideal standard of

    24 What Shall The Childben Read ?

    24 WHAT SHALL THE CHILDBEN READ ?

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1864, page 24, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031864/page/24/