BABYLAND.
Far removed from sorrow,
Sin, and shame, and vice,
In the land of Infants,
Earth-named Paradise.
KEPT IN.
Peter would never take the trouble to learn the Multiplication Table. He always looked at the printed card when he did his sums, until his teacher caught him at it, and took the card away. Then he fell to making marks on his slate, and counting on his fingers, but it did no good. Poor Peter was kept in every day.
Look at him nearly tearing his hair out over five times seven. If he finds that hard, what will he do with eight times eight, which you know is a stumbling-block to all little folks?