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repaid in purity . We , think , however , that the Parable in qtlestion might have been so introduced as to have more clearly shown Its- application to David . We say it still with hesitation , for we see such marks of care in the book , that we give the amiable and excellent editor the credit of haying considered it diligently . We cordially recommend it as eminently fitted for ( promoting among the children of Christian families a more intimate acquaintance with the scriptures of the Old Testament than generally prevails
at the present day . ' 'Bible Stories . Part I . containing Stories from the Old Testamenty by the Rev . S . Wood , B . A . Second Edition . This book contains the same histories , with a few exceptions , as the preceding . The same general praise as to selection and omission
may be given it : but-to us it wants a recommendation which the other possesses , that of being expressed in the language of Scripture . To others this may not be an objection ; and there is . one difference which may lead many to give the preference to Mr . Wood ' s excellent little book ; which is , that moral reflections close each history , suited to the wants and capacity of children .
* The Well-Spent Hour , ' and ' Sequel to the Well-Spent Hour / Boston U . S . The former of these has been revised and reprinted in England by the Rev . S . Wood . We hope he has met with sufficient encouragement to induce him to reprint the latter . They are excellent little books ,, containing" the history of a wellconducted family from the infancy of the children to their reaching the age of twelve or fourteen years , an interval of some years being allowed between the clpse of the first volume and the
opening of the second . The great charm of these books is , that in the education of the young ' Nelsons / religion is , throughout , the most important ptirt . It is not a mere Sunday affair , or a subject of dull lectures . Mrs . Nelson and Catherine , who is principally mentioVed ^ U down to their needle , a , pd ? for pleasant passing of the time / ifnjk together of : the Creator and his works ,
and of his gopdness tp his creatures . Then the habitual-piety pf the family is beautifully represented as supporting them through a severe reverse of fortune . Though fu | l of religion , these books are not what even novel readers would call dull They are remarkably entertaining * The characters of tf ] e children a , re naturalnaturally religipus , $ thing too seldom found in books , or in real life .
Su , ch , expressions as < frpzep up a . 11 winter / Jemmy talked himself out , ' shouUl not be suffered to remaiq . They are npt ejegant English in England * and we doubt- if-they are in America . ' Words of Truth , l > y the Author of the Well-S pent Hour . ' With certain allowances , pot a , les , s interesting and useful wp . rk than the others . It is a cp , llep £ ion pf tales and p ieces , jjnbued with the same deep , religious feeling , but we cannot yjejd it tfoe game almost unqualified jp rajse ,
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 1, 1833, page 146, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2613/page/18/
