| Resumen |
THE PURPOSE OF THE JUNIOR CLASSICS IS TO PROVIDE, IN TEN VOLUMESCONTAINING ABOUT FIVE THOUSAND PAGES, A CLASSIFIED COLLECTION OF TALES, STORIES, AND POEMS, BOTH ANCIENT AND MODERN, SUITABLE FOR BOAND-GIRLS OF FROM SIX TO SIXTEEN YEARS OF AGE, THOUGHTFUL PARENTS ANDTEACHERS, WHO REALIZE THE EVILS OF INDISCRIMINATE READING ON THE PARTOF CHILDREN, WILL APPRECIATE THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF SUCHCOLLECTION,ACHILD'S TASTE IN READING IS FORMED, AS A RULE, IN THEFIRST TEN OR TWELVE YEARS OF ITS LIFE, AND EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THATTHE CHILDISH MIND WILL PREFER GOOD LITERATURE TO ANY OTHER, IF ACCESSTO IT IS MADE EASY, AND WILL DEVELOP FAR BETTER ON LITERATURE OF PROVEDMERIT THAN ON TRIVIAL OR TRANSITORY MATERIAL, |
