B. Our character is largely made up of our feelings and emotions. Reason takes us in hand and tells us right from wrong, but we must feel before we can act. To cultivate right feeling, laudable emotions; to make one _wish_ to do and hence _will_ to do is perhaps the greatest function of real literature, that is the literature of beauty and of inspiration. Our collection is rich in this direction and to find material for lessons is an easy task. Yet not everyone has the time to find, classify and use everything; hence the following lists. Before giving them, however, a word of caution is necessary. Remember that these selections are not all suitable for children of every age. Some that will delight the little children and stimulate them to enthusiastic efforts to do right, will not appeal to older ones. Moreover, the natural bent of a child's mind, the associations he has formed, his home surroundings, and his present character will all need to be considered before making choice of the subject matter. As for the manner of presentation, enough will be found in the studies in _Journeys Through Bookland_ and in other parts of this volume safely to guide the young and inexperienced. 1. The influences of home and family are the greatest that come into the lives of most children. Love of home, of parents, of brothers and sisters, of children, are the perfectly natural things of existence. Yet often the ties are weak; not infrequently are they broken. Children drift away from the restraining and helpful influence of their parents, and families disintegrate. The results are bad. By properly teaching such selections as the following, much may be done to correct the evil and to intensify the highest, holiest emotions of mankind: _The Rock-a-by Lady_, Volume I, page 94. _Little Birdie_, I, 142. _Sleep, Baby, Sleep_, I, 204. _Old Gaelic Lullaby_, I, 203. _Lady Button-Eyes_, I, 366. _The First Snowfall_, II, 403. _Rain on the Roof_, IV, 7. _Pictures of Memory_, IV, 127. _Bernardo del Carpio_, IV, 270. _Rab and his Friends_, VI, 99. _Childhood_, VI, 124. _Home, Sweet Home_, VI, 221. _Home They Brought Her Warrior Dead_, VI, 231. _A Christmas Carol_, VI, 244. _To My Infant Son_, VI, 478. _The Old Oaken Bucket_, VII, 11. _My Old Kentucky Home_, VII, 179. _The Forsaken Merman_, VII, 180. _Tom and Maggie Tulliver_, VII, 186. _The Family of Michael Arout_, VII, 314. _On Receipt of My Mother's Picture_, VII, 331. Extract from _Snowbound_, VII, 388. _The Cotter's Saturday Night_, VIII, 319. _Dream Children_, VIII, 335. 2. Honesty and truthfulness are cardinal virtues; they are the foundation of every strong character. Teach these selections and note their effect: _The Shepherd Boy and the Wolves_, Volume I, page 92. _The Falcon and the Partridge_, II, 6. _The Pied Piper of Hamelin_, III, 384. _The Cubes of Truth_, VII, 406.