. Book of cats and dogs, and other friends, for little folks . uctive J^eading-Books,. Childeein^ love pets ; they nevertire of stories; and tliey are de-^4^^ lighted with jingle and the fun ofincongruity. Mother Goose reigns^ supreme in the fairy-land of in-fancy. Through these loves thelittle opening minds may be ledto careful observation, comparison, and descrip-tions—steps at once necessary to mental growth,and leading up to the portals of science. By in-sensible degrees, play may be made to merge instudy, and fun take on the form of fact. Upon these ideas of the basis and method ofthouo^h
. Book of cats and dogs, and other friends, for little folks . uctive J^eading-Books,. Childeein^ love pets ; they nevertire of stories; and tliey are de-^4^^ lighted with jingle and the fun ofincongruity. Mother Goose reigns^ supreme in the fairy-land of in-fancy. Through these loves thelittle opening minds may be ledto careful observation, comparison, and descrip-tions—steps at once necessary to mental growth,and leading up to the portals of science. By in-sensible degrees, play may be made to merge instudy, and fun take on the form of fact. Upon these ideas of the basis and method ofthouo^ht, this little work hasbeen constructed. A few famil-iar nursery-rhymes serve to con-nect the present with the pastthought of the child. The petof the household — the cat — is ^^f,studied. From the obvious in ^^^<^structure and movement, the mind is led to seerelations, and the adaptations of structure to func-
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