THE RAINBOW, AND OTHER STORIES. JUVENILE GIFT. EDITED BY Mary Hall MRS. M. H. ADAMS. "My little book - Go forth, with serious style or playful grace, So, do thy gracious work; and onward fare, Leaving, like angel-guest, a blessing everywhere!" MARY HOWITT. BOSTON: PUBLISHED BY JAMES M. USHER, 37 CORNHILL. 1850. Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1846 BY JAMES M. USHER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts 23 PS 1006 A32 R3 1850 PREFACE. To the friends and patrons of the Annual, we herein present another collection of writings for juvenile readers; such as we hope will be worthy a continuation of their generous favor, and even a recommendation from them to the many who are yet strangers to the work. To our correspondents we are sincerely grateful for their aid, transmitted in offerings for these pages, so interesting, so simple, so instructive, that they who read will be made better, and they who glance merely will be induced to read. To our young friends the readers, we would appeal, for an attentive and studious perusal of our little book, not because we are engaged in it, but because the writers who have so kindly assisted in its preparation, have done so for the good of all our readers. Among the variety you will find a good number of tales, considerable poetry, with a few pieces of another character. And here we would entreat our older readers not to pass by those excellent articles, merely because they are not stories. They are all within the comprehension of children ten years of age; they should be read by all who own the book or borrow it. Will you not read them from respect to the authors as well as to benefit yourselves? To patrons, correspondents and readers, we are humbly grateful for the encouragement offered for the presentation of this second Annual. We hope it will in no particular disappoint the expectations of those who have waited its appearance or aided in its publication. M. H. A. |