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DUKE OF MARLBOROUGH.
THE CHILD’S
PICTORIAL
HISTORY OF ENGLAND;
FROM THE
EARLIEST PERIOD TO THE PRESENT TIME.
BY MISS CORNER,
AUTHOR OF THE HISTORY OF ENGLAND, GREECE, ROME, FRANCE,
SPAIN, AND PORTUGAL.
From the Thirteenth London Edition.
PHILADELPHIA:
HENRY F. ANNER’S,
48 NORTH FOURTH STREET
1853.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1853, by
H. F. ANNERS.
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States,
in and for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.
PHILADELPHIA:
STEREOTYPED BY GEORGE CHARLES,
No. 9 Sansom Street.
A juvenile history of England has long beenneeded in our primary schools.
Those already prepared, and in use, are writtenin a style entirely beyond the capacities ofyoung children, and too comprehensive in detail.
“History for children ought to be told in theirown simple language, or it fails to interest them;while all that is unfitted for childish ears, orunsuited to a childish understanding, should becarefully omitted; at the same time, it is essentialto avoid making false or imperfect impressionsby an injudicious brevity.”
Philadelphia, 1853.
The Publisher invites the attention of those engaged in tuition,to the following reviews, selected from a large number, recommendatoryof Miss Corner, as an historian for the school-room:
“Miss Corner is an excellent historian for the school-room; shenarrates with fluency and clearness, and in a concise and livelymanner.”—...