PREFACE.


Most of the simple verses which compose this volume were written for a
very dear child, with no thought beyond her gratification. They are
published at the request of friends, with the hope that other children
may derive the same pleasure from them as the little one for whom they
were first intended.

_Boston, Dec. 4, 1850._




CONTENTS.


1. THE FIRST HYMN
2. MORNING HYMN
3. EVENING HYMN
4. CROSS LOOKS
5. SELFISHNESS
6. THE CAT
7. STUDY FIRST
8. THE BABY
9. I AM HAPPY WHEN I DO RIGHT
10. THE BEGGAR GIRL
11. THE GIRL WHO WOULD NOT BE WASHED