. Babyhood . ery bad thing wewish to correct, or, who use coarse orungrammatical language. Fourth: Toovivid representations of battles and allthe cruelties and barbarities of that any of these things should beconcealed from children, but theyshould not be too strongly dwelt upon. It is a gift to tell a story well, andmany mothers, feeling that they have itnot, defraud themselves and their chil-dren of one of the pleasantest experi-ences of child life. Anyone can learnto tell a few stories acceptably. For-tunately, little ears do not tire of a goodtale, nor is it especially desirabl
. Babyhood . ery bad thing wewish to correct, or, who use coarse orungrammatical language. Fourth: Toovivid representations of battles and allthe cruelties and barbarities of that any of these things should beconcealed from children, but theyshould not be too strongly dwelt upon. It is a gift to tell a story well, andmany mothers, feeling that they have itnot, defraud themselves and their chil-dren of one of the pleasantest experi-ences of child life. Anyone can learnto tell a few stories acceptably. For-tunately, little ears do not tire of a goodtale, nor is it especially desirable that anew story should be told at each ones should be like angels visits,and reserved to create diversions at crit-ical periods in the nursery history. Ifa mother has not the gift of story-tell-ing, she should study some written talewhich she knows will be good in theears of her audience, until she haslearned how it proceeds and why itpleases, and then she should try andtell it without the NURSERY PROBLEMS. Ix Answer to Correspondents :—It is impossible for us to reply by mail to questions concerningailments, nor can we undertake to suggest specialists for the treatment of any particular case. Wesimply endeavor in this department to answer, to the best of our knowledge, such questions as seem tous to have some general interest and to admit of more or less definite reply. Many Problems areinevitably crowded out, either from lack of space or because the questions have frequently been discussedin our columns. We try to answer as promptly as possible, but it is rarely feasible to print an inquiryin the next issue after Us receipt. We trust our subscribers will kindly bear these points in mind. Questions of Feeding; Gradual Increase inQuantity ; Lime and Barley Water. To the Editor of Babyhood: (1) I have a little boy who was five monthsold on the 11th of June. Since he was threemonths old he has been fed on Mellins Food,and he has done very well on it; he is
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