In the present age, when so much is done for the benefit of the rising generation, when works of no small size or price are published, to teach our daughters to dress their dolls, and our sons to whip their tops, and both together to play at "hide and seek," and "puss in the corner;" that so wide and important a field of instruction should have hitherto remained wholly uncultivated, seems indeed "passing strange." My own often and deeply-felt want of such a work, has induced me to make the attempt which I now lay before the public, in the humble yet earnest hope that it may in some degree supply the blank in our juvenile literature, to which I allude; until some brighter and more able spirit start forward in the path I have opened, to supply the deficiencies of this little work,--deficiencies no one can be more sensible of than I am myself, or can rejoice more sincerely in seeing noted and supplied; since to be humbly useful, is the motive I have at all times proposed to myself, in what I have ventured to submit to the same tribunal.--_From the Author's Address._ Also, by the same Lady, THE CHILD'S GUIDE TO DEVOTION; with an ESSAY ON PRAYER, adapted to the understanding of Children. MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS; a Domestic Story. ANNETTE MOWBRAY; or, CONVERSATIONS with MAMA. Handsomely bound, gilt edges, 3_s._ THE FIRST LIE. Gilt edges, 6_d._ THE FIRST THEFT. Gilt edges, 6_d._ * * * * * POPULAR TALES BY MRS. GODWIN. With Engravings. 2_s._ each. COUSIN KATE; or, the Punishment of Pride. BASIL HARLOW; or, Prodigality is not Generosity. ESTHER MORE; or, Truth is Wisdom. LOUISA SEYMOUR; or, Hasty Impressions. ALICIA GREY; or, To be Useful is to be Happy. JOSEPHINE; or, Early Trials. _SELECT BOOKS, FOR REWARDS AND PRESENTS._ *A FAMILIAR HISTORY of BIRDS; their Nature, Habits, and Instincts. By EDWARD STANLEY, D.D., Lord Bishop of Norwich, Pres. Lin. Soc. _New Edition._ Two Vols. With many Engravings, 7_s._ *DOMESTICATED ANIMALS considered with reference to Civilization and the Arts. By MARY ROBERTS. Also, *WILD ANIMALS; their Nature, Habits, and Instincts, and the Regions they inhabit. Both with Engravings. 3_s._ 6_d._ each. *MINERALS and METALS; their Natural History and Uses in the Arts; with Accounts of Mines and Mining. 2_s._ 6_d._ THE HOUSE I LIVE IN; or, Popular Illustrations of the Structure and Functions of the Human Body. With Cuts, 2_s._ 6_d._ "I am fearfully and wonderfully made!" CONVERSATIONS ON GARDENING AND NATURAL HISTORY. With Engravings, 2_s._ 6_d._ *THE BOOK of TREES; describing the Nature and Products of the principal Timber Trees, and the larger species of Palms. With numerous Engravings. 2_s._ *BOOK of ANIMALS. BOOK of BIRDS. BOOK of FISHES. BOOK of REPTILES. BOOK of SHELLS. 1_s._ 6_d._ each. All with numerous Engravings. * * * * * *THREE WEEKS IN PALESTINE AND LEBANON. With many Engravings. 3_s._