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Title: Mother Truth's Melodies
Common Sense For Children

Author: Mrs. E. P. Miller

Release Date: February 25, 2010 [EBook #31388]

Language: English

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MOTHER TRUTH'S MELODIES.

COMMON SENSE FOR CHILDREN.

A KINDERGARTEN,

BY

MRS. E. P. MILLER,

AUTHOR OF "A FATHER'S ADVICE; A BOOK FOR EVERY BOY." AND
"A MOTHER'S ADVICE; A BOOK FOR EVERY GIRL."

450 ILLUSTRATIONS.

NEW AND ENLARGED EDITION.

CHICAGO:

CRAM STANDARD BOOK CO.,

BOSTON, MASS., J. Q. ADAMS & Co

1896.

COPYRIGHTED 1887, BY
STANDARD PUBLISHING COMPANY.

COPYRIGHTED BY
STANDARD COLUMBIAN COMPANY,
1891, 1892.

COPYRIGHTED BY
CRAM STANDARD BOOK COMPANY
1894

COPYRIGHTED BY
GEORGE F. CRAM,
1895

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To all who love the Children,
This book, INSCRIBED, I bring,--
Thus reaching forth to draw you
Within my charmed ring,
Where seeds and germs we'll nurture
In babies, children, youth,
Till every plant shall blossom,
And bear the fruits of TRUTH.

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INTRODUCTION.

Since little ones are _geese_ no more,
But _knowing_ have become,
It ill beseems that "Mother Goose"
Should dwell in every home.
So "Mother Truth" in "Melodies"
For Babes, here lifts her voice,
Assured that parents, children, all,
Will welcome and rejoice.

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NOTE.

Let no one suppose that the Author of these "Melodies" considers them
poetry. They are simply rhymes, the jingle of which may be music in
the children's ears, and the illustr