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A collection of short, simply written tales and hymns intended for young readers, blending everyday domestic scenes with gentle moral instruction and basic natural history. Vignettes depict children exploring shorelines, collecting shells and seaweeds, examining insects under a lens, helping neighbors, and attending local gatherings; an elder figure guides practical crafts, observation skills, and reflections on kindness, joy, and gratitude. Interspersed are short didactic pieces and devotional verses, all aimed at fostering wonder, practical learning, and virtuous habits through accessible language and concise episodes.

CHIT-CHAT,
OR
SHORT TALES IN SHORT WORDS.

WITH SIXTEEN ENGRAVINGS.

Our life is like a summer's day,
It seems so quickly past;
Youth is the morning bright and gay,
And if 'tis spent in wisdom's way,
We meet old age without dismay,
And death is sweet at last.
HYMNS FOR INFANT MINDS.

BY THE AUTHOR OF "ALWAYS HAPPY," &c.

SECOND EDITION, ENLARGED.

LONDON:

JOHN HARRIS, ST. PAUL'S CHURCH YARD.

1831.