New-York daily tribune., 1844-11-23
New Books for Children.

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II is impossible 10 overrate the importance o
acareful sc.utiny into books intended for Chill
dren, since want Of care OF this head may leac
TO consequences both lasting and pernicious.-
No small portion of the Juvenile works fosnd IL
the bookstores nre either powerless for good ol
calculated 10 work positive mischief by inculcat
ing false sentiments and furnishing an unnatural
stimulus to passions safe only when under the
highest moral restraints. The talent for writing
good books for Children is among the rarest as il
cartainly iB one of the most useful hnman-per.
haps we ought rather to say Divine-endow-
msnts. There is depth of Philosophy in the
Injunction of Christ TO his disciples 10 'become
as little Children, which the wisest among us
have yet scarcely begun to discover, much less
to appreciate, but the right apprehension Of
which is peculiarly requisite n all who aspire to
the high and ennobling occupation Of Teachers
OF the Young.
We do not speak withou! careful con 81 de
lion, nor without feeling fully the force Of oul
words, when we express the conviction that Mrs
CHILD possesses qualifications both moral snd
intellectual which fit her in an eminent degree,
perhaps above any other author in this country,
10 write books for Children. Several years ago
she conducted an excellent periodical called the
Juvenile Miscellany. which enjoyed wide rspu.
tation and which we bslieva has rever been sur
passed by any publication of similar character.
Free from the dry dogmatisms of controversial
theology, and from the influence of tha. mis-
taken though doubtless very sincere zeal which
disgus,s the Child with Religion By perpetually
pokiag it at them Ito use homeiy but express
i've hgurc) in manner as opposite to the die,
tates of enlightened policy as it is offensive to
rood taste, her writings are pcrvadsd in high
degree with the spirit of Christianity and adapt
ed to win the affections Of the young mind and
link ,hesa reverently and indssolnbly to its pre-.
cepts. She appeals to The highest motives which
can bo addressed to the human mind, and strives
bv these to lead her young readers away froE,
whatever is low and degrading, to the contem.
platiun of oil that is beautiful in nature and ele
yating in moral sentiment; and this she does
not ie cold didsctc phrase, but in Sto,iss at once
true to nature and told with grace end sweet.
ness which charm even The wayward and refrac
,tory, teaching them lessons of self control and
.disinterestedness and awakening in them reye
renee for all that is refined and exalted in hu
man character.
The little book now before US is tho GrOt of
seris. ~.l,ivh Mrs. t5HrrD 10 preparing for tn,
press. 1t contains ten pieces in prose-most o
them Steries-and five in poetry, adapted tt
Children eight o. nine years of age. The frs
piece in the volume we have read with deepe
interest than any other on account of the excel
TENT moral lesson it aims to incuicate Its OBJ
iect 10 to show the Power Of Kindness over mind
hardened by contact with the most degradin,
vsco. 1t is Story, entitled Tae CArist. Chil,
and the Poor Children, sug ges.ed by the ac
count of the Redemption Institute at Hamburgh
furnished by HORACE MANN in his late Repor
on Education, and published some time since il
The Tribune. Heinrich and Gertrude Ludw
were the children of parents who lived in tn
most .degrsding poverty in dirty lane in Ham
burgh. Tae father was a miserable drunkard
and mothers heart was chilled and para.yze
by adverslty The children were as happy q
corid be expected in their circumstances, an
Gertrude was greatly beloved by her BROTHER
In the samo dirty court Gssd q family in who
:wss hoy, someshas older and stronger t,a,
Hssarioh, rts-tr-- desperate character Hi
name was We,igang Turkheim, and he had beel
ssaRt. from esfly childhood TO quarrel and figh
with other children. He abused Heinrich an
Gertrude on all occasions, end seemed delishte,
at every oppoStdni:y of doing so. Heinrich ha
nsver bseu taught the lesson of Forgiveness, ant
such abuse awakened in him the passion of Re
yenge. At length the beneTolent founder Of tn
Redemption Iussitute found thsso chiidsen ant
invited them 20 his home. Heinstea and Go,
truds, BIZ consent cf tii6;r parents, accepted tn
invitation and placed themselves under .he re
desniny influence of ,his Christ like Institution
Here they were taught to overcome evil Wit
good and the lesson made deep impression
upon thei, hearts. They tried tho effect Of thi
teaching upon Woolfsang, aod after many re
bluffs, Gaaude succeeded in inducing hun TO g,
with her to the Institute; end here we viii .s
the author tell part OF the story IN her owl
words: 1853
For day or twc, Wo.fgang behaved tcierabis
we'll bGr his evil habits were strong and no 5000
began TO be qnerreleoms and mischicyons- Helm,
xioh was nlrspg few clrfRnt-busbss IN his garden
with great care. The bad boy dug Them up BY the
roots, and when Heinrich csme IN look at them, be
Laughed and Knocked at him. Heinrich grew very
red 10 ihe face, and began TO double up his hsts.-
But, luckily, he remembered thar the boys had bean
told &c go TO tho Father. House and ask advice Of
tempted 70 do anything wrong. Therefore, he did
net say one VOID, sn, vent ssraisht TO the Fafher,