A PLEASING COMPANION FOR LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS,
blending Instruction with Amusement; being a Selection of Interesting Stories, Dialogues, Fables, and Poetry. Designed for the use of Primary Schools and Domestic Nurseries. By Jesse Torrey, Jr.
To secure the perpetuation of our republican form of government to future generations, let Divines and Philosophers, Statesmen and Patriots, unite their endeavours to renovate the age, by impressing the minds of the people with the importance of educating their little boys and girls.
S. Adams.
Report of the Committee of the Philadelphia Academy of Teachers: adopted Nov. 6, 1824.
The Committee, to whom was referred Mr. Jesse Torrey's "Pleasing Companion for Little Girls and Boys," beg leave to report,
That they have perused the "Pleasing Companion," and have much pleasure in pronouncing as their opinion, that it is a compilation much better calculated for the exercise and improvement of small children in the art of reading, and especially in the more rare art of understanding what they read, than the books in general use.
All which is respectfully submitted.
I. IRVINE HITCHCOCK,
PARDON DAVIS,
CHARLES MEAD,
Committee.A true copy from the minutes of the Academy.
C. B. Trego, Secretary.
Nov. 22, 1824.