Little Arthurs History Of Rome

Author : Elizabeth Missing Sewell
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781330462263
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (622 download)

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Download or read book The Child's First History of Rome written by Elizabeth Missing Sewell and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-24 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Child's First History of Rome The solicitude, so generally disclosed, to make every department of knowledge accessible to the young by means of works adapted to their intellectual capacity and progress, is one of the most remarkable characteristics of the present age. The men are now living, who can recollect the period when instruction in our best schools, limited to two or three indispensable studies, was conveyed through the medium of text-books which were scarcely intelligible even to the teacher; much less to the pupil committed to his care: when works of general information, fitted to instruct as well as amuse the juvenile mind, written for its use and adjusted to its powers, would have been sought for in vain: when, in fact, the best reading of all who were short of the age of puberty, comprised little except absurd and incredible tales of enchantment and magic. Now, what a change! Not only has the principle of adaptation to the intellectual development of the young been recognised, and, with nearly mathematical precision, applied in our schools, but numerous additional studies, acknowledged to be important, have been successfully introduced, and the means of pursuing them amply provided; and, instead of the wretched compilations from an age of barbarism and superstition, in which the young formerly found their entertainment at the fireside, we have teeming libraries, rich in the various treasures of science, of literature, and of art: including works in every branch of knowledge, written expressly for them, and, in the main, admirably fitted, at the same time, to gratify and excite thirst for information in their tender minds. The best things, however, are liable to abuse; the noblest ideas are ever in most danger of being pushed to extremes; and the prevailing anxiety, daily augmenting, to secure suitable and sufficient intellectual food for the young, has been productive of some consequences, which cannot be contemplated by the judicious with unmixed pleasure: hardly without regret. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.