lv   PREFACE.

The visible world presents a scene of

novelty and delight, well calculated to engage the attention of the youthful mind, and forms, with a proper guide, the first lesson iii natural religion; im. printing, in indelible characters, the existence of a Supreme First Cause, possessing the attributes of infinite wis dom, power, and goodness, and cxciiilig admiration and. gratitude. Chi1 dren are charmed with the frolic .some motions of animals, the fine forms and beautiful colours of vegetables, the appearance of the sky and of the ocean; it is, therefore, desirable to direct this taste to a more minute examination of particular classes of objects, as the only means of attaining real knowledge.

milers are but few elementary works

on these subjects, adapted to young readers.