PREFACE. IT may be thought I have chosen a distressing subject for my tale, and that those who labour under any defect of person will shrink from its perusal; yet, where are the children of affliction so likely to find sympathy and consolation, as among those who are treading the path of sorrow with themselves? To them will they look for support and encourage. ment under their several trials; and not to those who dance along the flowery vale of life, without attending to the distress of others, or feeling any of their own. If their minds are properly directed, they will find that calmer pleasures, and a purer satisfaction, are not denied to them. The gifts of Providence are not, as some imagine, partially distributed. "Fortune her gifts may variously dispose, While those are plac'd in hope, and these in fear.. Although it is cruel to ridicule personal defects, why should remarks, which can alone disgrace those who make them, distress the objects of their mirth? Unless our conduct can be condemned, our misfor tunes cannot lower us; on the contrary, they often are the means by which the Almighty raises us to Himself. It is our duty then, "To be resign'd when ills betide, Whose fragrance smells to Heaven." May those who feel the arrows of misfortune seek the Wisdom which cometh from above, and from which alone they can derive true resignation! Possessing this, they will be enabled to forgive injuries, to love their enemies, and do good unto those "who have despitefully treated them." From amongst many other favourable opinions given upon the first edition of this little work, the Publisher has been induced, in justice to the Author, to select the following from the Monthly Magazine : "Whilst awarding the meed due to those who labour to inculcate the proper study of mankind,' who strive to correct the mistakes, imprudencies, and follies of youth, and to impart thought and feeling to the crowds who dance along the flowery vale of life, we cannot fail to notice with approbation a small volume by Miss Sandham, entitled. 'The Boys' School, or Traits of Character in Early Life,' An excellent moral tale is thus told in a becoming style of elegant simplicity, and the private virtues receive additional recommendation from the manner in which they are personified and presented." NEW WORKS, PUBLISHED BY J. SOUTER, At the School Library, 73, St. Paul's Church-yard. MORE MINOR MORALS, or an Introduction to the Winter Family: with Aunt Eleanor's Stories interspersed. 12mo. boards, 5s. 6d. "A more proper and more entertaining book to put into youthful hands than this we have rarely seen. The language is good, the sentiments moral; the one without fineness, and the other without affectation. A multitude of apt and interesting anecdotes renders the enforcement of sound principles as amusing as it is excellent; and wc are sure that both pleasure and advantage must be derived from the perusal of this well-conceived volume."-Literary Gazette, Dec. 23, 1820. "This work, whose utility is not confined to seasons or to ages, is a pleasing volume of instruction, full of entertaining narratives, and fraught with lessons of practical piety. They are not minor morals from whence the public character draws its colours, and which form the prevailing manners of society! The motives that appear to have dictated these pages are evidently of the purest kind; and, though the essays may not possess the full merit of those of a More, a Trimmer, or a Barbauld, yet the writer is not merely a 'twinkling star in the regions of truth." On the whole, we see no reasons why our acquaintance with Aunt Eleanor and the Winter Family' should terminate at the close of this volume."-Monthly Magazine. OF HA THE TRAVELS AND OBSERVATIONS REACH, the WANDERING JEW; comprehending a View of the most distinguished Events in the History of Mankind, since the Destruction of the Temple of Jerusalem by Titus; with a description of the Manners, Customs, and remarkable Monuments, of the most celebrated Nations; interspersed with Anecdotes of eminent Men of different periods. Embellished with Maps and numerous Engravings; collected and arranged by the Rev. T. CLARK. 8s. Second Edition, Revised and Improved, with many valuable Additions. 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