A HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY JULY 10. 1940 Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, BY SAMUEL G. SIMPKINS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts. BOSTON: Printed by Isaac R. Butts, No. 2 School Street. 6738 41-12 13 PREFACE. THE author of this little book would assure her youthful readers, that the songs and ballads of which it is composed, all have the charm of truth. They were written on various occasions for the amusement and instruction of her own children, whom they have so much interested, that she is induced to give them a wider range, hoping that many young hearts may receive from them the same pleasant influences. BOSTON, December, 1841. |