PLEASING COMPANION FOR LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS: BLENDING Instruction with Amusement. BEING A SELECTION OF INTERESTING STORIES, DIALOGUES, FABLES AND POETRY. DESIGNED FOR THE USE OF PRIMARY SCHOOLS AND DOMES- TIC NURSERIES. BY JESSE TORREY, JUN. To secure the perpetuation of our republican form of government to future generations, S. Adams. SECOND EDITION, REVISED. New-Xork :: PHILADELPH'A PUBLIC LIDIARY 4.S0996 ASTOR, LENOX AND TILOUN FODATIONS. L Eastern District of insulvaniliLanita BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the twenty-fourth day of March, in the forty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, A. D. 1824, Jesse Torrey, Jr. of the said district, hath deposited in this office the title of a book the right whereof he claims as Author, in the words following, to wit: A Pleasing Companion for little Girls and Boys: blending Instruction with Amusement. Being a selection of Interesting Stories, Dialogues, Fables and Poetry. Designed for the use of primary schools and do- . mestic nurseries. By Jesse Torrey, Jr. To secure the perpetuation of our republican form of government to future generations, let Divines and Philosophers, Statesmen and Patriots, unite their endeavours to renovate the age, by impressing the minds of the people with the importance of educating their little boys and girls. In Conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States, entitled, “ An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, during the times therein mentioned ;" —And also to the Act, entitled, " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, “ An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the Copies Maps, Charts, and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies during the times therein mentioned,” and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints." D. CALDWELL, S. Adams. Report of the Committee of the Philadelphia Academy of Teachers: Adopted Nov. 6, 1824. The Committee to whom was referred Mr. Jesse Torrey's “Pleasing Companion for Little Girls and Boys,” beg leave to report, That they have perused the “Pleasing Companion,” and have much pleasure in pronouncing as their opinion, that it is a compilation much better calculated for the exercise and improvement of small children in the art of reading, and especially in the more rare art of understanding what they read, than the books in general use. Ali which is respectiully submitted. J. IRVINE HITCHCOCK, Committee. C. B. TREGO, Sec'y. November 22, 1824. CONTENTS. Selections from “the Childrens' Friend." 1. William and Thomas; or, the contrast between Industry 2. Mischief its own punishment, exemplified in the history of 4. Caroline; or, a Lesson to cure Vanity, 5. Arthur and Adrian; or, two heads better than one, 6. Cleopatra; or, the Reformed Little Tyrant, 8. Returning good for evil, the noblest revenge, 11. Crazy Lemuel and the Mischievous Boys, 12. Anthony and Augustus; or, a rational Education preferable 13. The absurdity of Young People's wishes exposed, 14. Mr. Denham and his worthy Tenant; or, the contrast be- tween Politeness and Rudeness, 15. Calumny and Scandal great enemies to Society, Selections from Maria Edgeworth's Early Lessons, 1. The little boy that was whipped for not telling the truth, 2. The orange man; or, the honest boy and the thief, Selections from the History of Sandford and Merton. 1. Consequences of wrong Education, &c. 78 5. The ill-natured boy, 82 6. Henry and Thomas overtaken in a snow storm, while taking a walk in the woods, 89 7. The Story of the people who were overwhelmed in a vast body of snow, which rolled upon their buildings from a high mountain, 96 CHAPTER IV. Promiscuous Selections. 1. Respect and affection due from pupils to their tutors, 100 2. The Sailor and the Monkies, 101 A ? a ib. SECT. PAGE 3. Don't give too much for the Whistle, 102 4. The Humane Indian, 103 5. Description of the tremendous eruption of the Volcano of Mount Vesuvius, in October, 1822, 104 6. General Putnam and the Wolf, 106 7. An Indian convinced of the necessity and duty of industry, by the examples of fishes and birds, 108 8. A Dialogue between two School Boys on Dancing, 110 9. The Vicar of Wakefield's account of the Adventure of his son Moses, when he sent him to the fair to sell his colt, 112 10. The story of Ali Cogia, merchant of Bagdad, 115 11. Story of a cheat caught in a trap of his own invention. From "The Adventures of Hajji Baba,” 119 CHAPTER V. Fables. FAB. 1. The Vain Jackdaw, 122 2. The Dog and the Shadow, 123 3. The Dog and the Wolf, ib. 4. The Lion and the Mouse, 124 5. Hercules, the fabulous god of strength, and the Carter, ib. 6. Æsop at play, 125 7. The Lion, the Bear, and the Fox, 8. The Mice in Council, 126 9. The Husbandman and the Stork, ib. 10. The Shepherd's Boy, 127 CHAPTER VI. POETRY. Selected from “ Poems for Infant Minds." 1. The Idle Boy, 128 2. The Industrious Boy, ib. 3. The Robin, 129 4. Never play with fire, 130 5. The Fox and the Crow, ib. 6. The Pigs, 131 %. Finery, 132 8. The Vulgar Little Lady, ib. 9. The last Dying Speech and Confession of poor Puss, 133 10. The Pond, 135 11. Greedy Richard, 136 12. Dirty Jack, 137 13. Reading, ib. 14. The good-natured Girls, 138 15. The Cow and the Ass, ib. 16. Tit for Tat, 140 17. Contented John, 141 18. The way to be Happy, ib. 19. The Village Green, 142 |