The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1873-12-24
r..a.l,.-, !, : Ca.lo's Book.

Mics 1or,s. M. ALccrr, Of Boston, is a
smart lady, OF an uncertain age. she mas
written some of the most entertaining OF
stories for "young people," and ell Rno"
that such stories are equally interesting 10
old people. Indeed, these stories arc 80
pleasant that we are tempted to say that
Boston has the best maker OF chliarehs
books OF the day, as she has In Miss led
YARD, the best sketcber of chi!d-'ife ana c0''-
drcn that we have ever known.
But there is something the matter WIN
Miss ALcoTr. Her health is incomplete het
digestive organs are not IN the condlt'on
of those Of the little people she so happily
rcprcsents, We say so because she SO far
dcparls from the innocent and the unprc]u'
diced shirt of childl,ood's morality as to
mt a bit of fanaticism and puritansin into
one of her recent books-Capid and Cho1-
Cho,c. In the chapter devoted to smelly
hospital" NELLY is seeking through tne
woods for subjects for pity and for rel'e'
| when she finds fly in a SPIDERS "eo'
NELLY" says Miss ALcoTT, hau he"iu
:smuch about contrabands; knew WHO 'nes
| g were. and was very much interested III
8. ,beu y So NELLY, when "she freed the
Moor black Ny,"" played" that he was hei
con, ,baud, and, continues the story, was
q r,sd that her first patient was one that
1" needed help so much" Having freed hinl'
| she set him at liberty "because she haa III
| wish to make slave Of him."
Pursuing her mission in search OF the o's'
tre>scd, she found "a little gray STAKE WIZ
bruised TAIL" A bruised q" head " would
be more harmonious with sacred wril.J Shc
piticd il, vet shrank from ii, "lor IL hau
" fiery eye and sharp, quivering tongue
" that looked as il longing to bite 80 tic
SIS a reJel. l wonder if ought to be gooo
"to him." thought NELLY. III says
Gin ms little book Love your enemies !
think snakes are mine; but guess I'll try
land love him, because God made him.
\ pretty good way Of commenting slavery
and 1ray rebels to tho Guilds NINA! no"
could the child fail to wonder how it was
that GOD should have at all made these
rebcl>--thesc gray snakes? If the author
had thought her book would never reach q
southern State she would nevertheless have
committed a great sin to plant the weeds OIL
unchartab,encss aud hate in the innocent
pure minds of children but as she certainly
knew it would be sent to the South, where
her writings have many admirers, her offence
is objectionable either on the score OF mo
rality or charity.
"Let her, in her next scrap-book," i'm
print upon the young mind tue horrors 0
TIE Yankee slave trade. Let little NELL,
thread shady path near frog-pond, ant
let black frog therein cry out, "Jug o
rum "Jug o. rum" "Buy a niger,
"Buy Niger" &C., and then say " NELL
| had heard of the save-ships and the cruel
| ties of our Yankee forefathers in bringln!
negro slaves bought with rum over tn
sea-crueties that would have shocked
hyena-and therefore she felt much obliget
! to the old black frog, who has, no doubt, re
| latives in Africa, for DINING it into the ear
| of the people that their ancestors did yer,
| bad things. So she said. 'Ihank you, MI
"FnoG, for your bit of history; aud now tt
ga bit Of flannel about your neck, for vol
"seem to be hoarse.' Goodbye"
| This would be very pretty and very true
We suggest to Miss ALcoTT that she is no
| true to her mission of making sweet and IN
nocent impressions upon the stainless mind
of the dear, delightful children. There i
something the matter. Is it cclibacys The
remedy for that is not disagreeable.