turbid, and have a taste somewhat different from those to which he has been accustomed, they may, nevertheless, be at least equally healthy.
Should the reader find views which do not correspond with his own notions or prejudices, he need not be disappointed. Probably every reader will find more or less of such views; but should he find no hints by which he shall be personally benefited, and the fault be mine, I shall be deeply grieved and disappointed. I have not wished to introduce new theories, or schemes; but to embody such hints as I myself greatly needed, when I had the honour of being a Sunday-school teacher.
One thing more. My other books have been most kindly received, and frequently published both in this country and in England. But may I not complain of the manner in which I have been treated across the waters? One Edition of the "Student's Manual,"-beautiful and immaculate, has been revised by Professor DALE of King's College, London,-a man distinguished in his own country and in this, and published by the Seeleys. This is highly complimentary, and it is right. But how is it with other Editions of the same work, and of the "Lectures to Children?" What would a Christian author in England say, if I should take his work, and republish it here as an American work? What would he say, if he should see it translated and published in France as an American production?
May He who hath said, "Feed my lambs," own and bless this effort, and make it an instrument of promoting the salvation of men.
PHILADELPHIA,
Clinton-street, May 1, 1837.