. The Waldorf family ; or, Grandfather's lagends . ;£ KPW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AfiTOJS, USNOX AND 2ILDJEN FOUNDATIONSL Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, BY J. C. RIKER, In the Clerks Office for the Southern District of New York. f Thomas B. Smith, Stereotyper,216 William Street, N. Y. Egbert, Hovey and King1, Printers,374 Pearl Street PREFACE. 0 much, has been done in modemtimes to convert little children intoprecocious men and women, that awork like the one now offered toyouthful readers, almost seems torequire an apology. I have alwaysthought that an attractive fairy tal
. The Waldorf family ; or, Grandfather's lagends . ;£ KPW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY AfiTOJS, USNOX AND 2ILDJEN FOUNDATIONSL Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1848, BY J. C. RIKER, In the Clerks Office for the Southern District of New York. f Thomas B. Smith, Stereotyper,216 William Street, N. Y. Egbert, Hovey and King1, Printers,374 Pearl Street PREFACE. 0 much, has been done in modemtimes to convert little children intoprecocious men and women, that awork like the one now offered toyouthful readers, almost seems torequire an apology. I have alwaysthought that an attractive fairy tale, sothoroughly pervaded by a fine moraltruth, that the youthful mind cannot butimbibe its influence, is of far more effectivebenefit than an overstrained moral tale,whose improbable incidents, and exaggerated ideas ofexcellence, tend to give false views of life and its duties. 3. S-W— V This opinion has been confirmed by my acquaintancewith a child of exceedingly lovely and high-toned char-acter, who always refused to read any thing that wasnot strictly true or palpably false. Her first question,when presented with a book, would be, Is it true?If it was not, she would ask: Is it. a fairy tale ?And if it was neither the one nor the other, all herfondness for reading could not induce her to accept reason she assigned for this apparent inconsistencywas significant of the truthfulness which is still herprevailing trait: I dont like books that pretend to betine; give me either histories or fairy tales. The fine moral which runs through the legends ofBrittany, and the quaint simplicity of their details,tempted me to array them in a garb which would renderthem presentable to American children. This I havedone by taking off the trappings of superstition, withoutdepriving them of their original Breton costume, towhich they owe so much of their picturesqueness.
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