Secondly, the ſmall portion they occupy in the preſent volume, will perhaps be accepted as an apology, by ſuch good-natured readers (if any ſuch there are), to whom the peruſal of them ſhall be a matter of perfect indifference.
Thirdly, the circumſtance which determined me in annexing them to the preſent work, was the ſlight aſſociation (in default of a ſtrong one) between the affectionate and pathetic manner in which Maria Venables addreſſes her infant, in the Wrongs of Woman; and the agoniſing and painful ſentiment with which the author originally bequeathed theſe papers, as a legacy for the benefit of her child.
LESSONS.
The firſt book of a ſeries which I intended to have written for my unfortunate girl[175-A].
LESSON I.
Cat. Dog. Cow. Horſe. Sheep. Pig. Bird. Fly.
Man. Boy. Girl. Child.