T may perhaps be necessary to give a brief explanation of the object of this little work. It has been written as a CHILD'S COMPANION TO THE PILGRIM'S PROGRESS. That invaluable work is frequently put into youthful hands long before the mind can unravel the deep allegory which it contains; and thus

its precious lessons are lost, and it is only perused as an amusing tale.

I would offer my humble work as a kind of transla tion, the term which was applied to it by a little boy to whom I was reading it in manuscript-a translation of ideas beyond youthful comprehension into the common language of daily life. I would tell the child, through the medium of a simple tale, that Bunyan's dream is a solemn reality, that the feet of the young may tread the pilgrim's path, and press on to the pilgrim's reward.

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