No and Other Stories Compiled by Uncle Humphrey

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1850, BY THOMAS HERBERT, In the clerk's office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

This little book has been prepared for the instruction and amusement of my dear young friends, and it is hoped that they will be profited by its perusal. It will show them their duty, and lead them to perform it.
The little word No is of great importance, although composed of but two letters. It will be of great service in keeping us from the path of sin and misery, and of inducing us to walk in wisdom's ways, whose ways are ways of pleasantness, and all whose paths are peace.
Exercise charity to the destitute, as did little Willy.
Be good sons and daughters, and you will be a comfort to your parents, in sickness or in health. Forgiveness is an attribute of Heaven.
A guilty conscience gives us no peace.
Which of you have a place of resort that is like Aunt Lissa's Acorn Hollow?
Be industrious, and learn to make yourselves useful, if you would be respected and beloved.
Beware of envy, for it begetteth hatred.
In short, I hope the reader who is now looking at this preface will carefully read every word in the following pages; and not only read , but remember , the lessons there taught, and thereby become wiser and better.