LONDON: GRANT RICHARDS
1897
CONTENTS
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Introduction [xiii]
Bad Boys and Good—
The Window-Breaker [3]
A Gunpowder Plot [5]
Peter Imitates the Clown [7]
Ben's Heavy Punishment [9]
The Chimney-Sweeper [11]
The Fighting Wicket-keeper [13]
The Good Scholar [15]
The Good Scholar Fights [16]
The Death of the Good Scholar's Foe [17]
Robert's Thoughtless Brothers [19]
Joe's Light Punishment [20]
Falsehood "Corrected" [22]
The Superior Boys [24]
George's Curious Taste [25]
Thomas Brown's Disappointment [27]
Considerate Philip [28]
The Models [29]
Politeness [30]
Richard's Reformation [31]
James's Sacrifice [32]
The Excellent Lord Mayor [34]
Clever Little Thomas [36]
William's Escape [37]
Good Girls and Bad—
Rebecca's Afterthought [41]
A Hint to Mary Anne [42]
How to Write a Letter [44]
News for Papa [46]
Maria's Charity [48]
The Neglected Turk [50]
Pride and Priggishness [52]
How to Look when Speaking [54]
Isabella's Parachute [56]
Maria Snubbed [57]
Matilda's Extravagance [58]
Papa's Watchfulness [60]
Isabella's Defeat [61]
The Two Patients [62]
Fanny's Bad Habit [63]
Sarah's Danger [64]
The Hoyden [65]
The Giddy Girl [67]
A Warning to Frances [69]
Playing with Fire [71]
How to Heal a Burn [72]
Mary Anne's Kindness [74]
Ambitious Sophy [75]
Dressed or Undressed [76]
Mrs. Birch's Influence [78]
Rebellious Frances [80]
Kindness and Cruelty—
The Harmless Cow [83]
The Harmless Worm [84]
The Bad Donkey-Boy's Good Fortune [86]
Grateful Carlo [88]
Grateful Lucy [90]
Grateful Trusty [91]
Something in Store for Richard [92]
The Result of Cruelty [93]
Things to Eat—
What is Best for Children [97]
Billy Gill's Good Fortune [99]
Civil Speech [101]
The Cook's Rebuke [103]
The Lost Pudding [105]
Sammy Smith's Sad Fate [106]
Stupid William [107]
Poisonous Fruit [109]
Harry's Cake [111]
Peter's Cake [113]
William's Cake [115]
How to Make a Christmas Pudding [117]
Introduction
The sixty-nine Cautionary Stories that follow have been chosen from five books by Mrs. Elizabeth Turner, written for the pleasure and instruction of our little grandparents and great-grandparents. The books are The Daisy, The Cowslip, The Crocus, The Pink and Short Poems. Between the years 1810 and 1850 they were on the shelves of most nurseries, although now they are rarely to be met with. There was also The Rose, but from that nothing has been taken for these pages, nor are the original pictures again offered. Except for these pictures, a frequent change of title, and a few trifling alterations for grammar's sake, the pieces selected are now printed exactly as at first.