PREFACE
TO THE THIRD SERIES.
This Series of Toys contains a more extensive and
minute description of Animals, Birds, Fishes, Articles
of Manufacture, &c. than was given in the First and
Second Series.
This Series is intended for a larger class of my young friends than the preceding ones; and, it is hoped they will be both benefited and amused by their perusal.
In this as well as in all the other Series nothing has been permitted to find a place which is false, unnatural, or unphilosophical, or any details of conversations among animals which never did, and which never can take place.
It is believed that in the large field of Nature and Art, there are sufficient materials for descriptions and stories without launching into the field of Fiction and Falsehood, to find subjects which will be interesting to children.
To remove difficulties in the reading of these Stories as far as possible, and thereby render them more interesting, the language used in the descriptions is limited to words of ONE, TWO, and THREE SYLLABLES.
New York, March 1, 1836.