ΤΟ THE CHILDREN OF THE REV. T. H. CAUSTON, M.A. Encumbent of Highgate. IN TOKEN OF SINCERE ATTACHMENT TO THEM, AND OF EARNEST GRATITUDE FOR SPIRITUAL BENEFIT DERIVED FROM THIER FATHER'S MINISTRY, This Little Volume IS AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR. IN selecting books for young people, the great difficulty is to meet with such as carry religion into their daily studies and pursuits. Those written for their use, which assume an exclusively religious character, appear to be generally distasteful to them, until their hearts are opened to receive the Truth; while others bear altogether the impress of worldliness, or, at best, contain but a few dry moral reflections. It is the object of the writer of the following pages to combine religious instruction with useful historical information, in a style as interesting as she could render it. She is aware how very far short of her design has been its execution, but ventures to hope for indulgence on the plea of its being her first attempt of the kind. The subject of the work precludes any originality of fact; but it has been her earnest endeavour, in giving some account of the leading events of English history, to do so in a manner calculated to instil into young minds the habit of reflecting on what they read, and of trying in all things to trace the hand of a Father ordering every event either in judgment or in mercy. And in the humble hope of being thus permitted to glorify Him, by "feeding the lambs of Christ's flock," she commends her little book to the indulgent consideration of the public, and especially of the juvenile part of it, to whom she wishes to be known as Their affectionate friend, "AUNT ANNE." |