New Lights on Old Paths
New LightsonOld Paths
BY CHARLES FOSTER,
350 ILLUSTRATIONS.
PUBLISHED AT THE OFFICE OF
CHARLES FOSTER’S PUBLICATIONS,
No. 118 SOUTH SEVENTH STREET,
PHILADELPHIA, PA.
Copyright, 1885,
By CHARLES FOSTER.
By CHARLES FOSTER.
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Electrotyped by Westcott & Thomson, Philadelphia.
PREFACE
THE author is expectedto say something byway of introducing, or apologizingfor, his book. What is its object? Why did he[4]write it, when there are already so many more than arewanted? In reply to these questions he would say (whatis evident, indeed, without saying) that nobody adds anotherto the long list who does not believe that—onhis subject, at least—there is room for one book more.And he proves the sincerity of his belief by making theventure.
The writer of this volume does not claim to present init a single new truth. In the sphere of morals, of whichit treats, he believes there is no such thing. It is not newtruths that we need, but the application of old ones to ourdaily life and practice. Any device that may assist in securingso desirable a result is of value; in the hope thatthese Fables may not be wholly useless to this end hehazards their publication. As their title indicates, they willbe found to vary widely in subject and mode of treatment.
One word about the illustrations: these all, withoutexception, were drawn for the book. Much time, labor,and expense have been bestowed upon the effort to makethem appropriate and entertaining. The illustrations of astory may be compared to the music of a song. We can[5]bear with some defect in the verse if the music awakensthe sentiment the verse was i
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