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THE
LOOKING-GLASS
FOR
THE MIND;
OR
INTELLECTUAL MIRROR;
BEING AN ELEGANT COLLECTION
OF
The most delightful Little Stories
AND INTERESTING TALES:
CHIEFLY TRANSLATED FROM THAT MUCH ADMIRED WORK
L'AMI DES ENFANS.
WITH SEVENTY-FOUR CUTS,
DESIGNED AND ENGRAVED ON WOOD, BY
THE SIXTEENTH EDITION.
LONDON:
PRINTED FOR JOHN HARRIS, G. WHITTAKER, HARVEY
AND CO., LONGMAN AND CO., J. AND C. RIVINGTON,
T. CADELL, H. S. KIRBY, BALDWIN AND CO., HAMILTON
AND CO., J. SOUTER, SIMPKIN AND CO., AND J. NUNN.
1825
Printed by S. and R. Bentley,
Dorset Street, Fleet Street, London.
PREFACE.
The following pages may be considered rather as a Collection of theBeauties of M. Berquin, than as a literally abridged translation of thatwork, several original thoughts and observations being occasionallyintroduced into different parts of them.
The stories here collected are of a most interesting kind, since virtueis constantly represented as the fountain of happiness, and vice as thesource of every evil. Nothing extravagant or romantic will be found inthese tales: neither enchanted castles, nor supernatural agents, butsuch scenes are exhibited as come within the reach of the observationsof young people in common life; the whole being made familiar by aninnocent turn of thought and expression, and applied to describe theiramusements, their pursuits, and their necessities.
As a useful and instructive Pocket Looking-Glass, we recommend it forthe instruction of every youth, whether miss or master; it is a mirrorthat will not flatter them, nor lead them into error; it displays thefollies and improper pursuits of youthful breasts, points out thedangerous paths they sometimes tread, and clears the way to the Templeof Honour and Fame.