l that is needed is to point out why they like to do
these things, where to stop, what risks to avoid. The simplest and
most natural method of doing this has seemed to be that of a sketch of
the usual course and activities of a Child's Day, with a running
commentary of explanation, and such outlines of our bodily structure
and needs as are required to make clear why such and such a course is
advisable and such another inadvisable. The greatest problem has been
how to reach and hold the interest of the child; and the lion's share
of such success as may have been achieved in this regard is due to the
cooeperation of my sister, Professor Mabel Hutchinson Douglas of
Whittier College, California.

THE AUTHOR.

CONTENTS

GOOD MORNING
I. Waking Up
II. A Good Start
III. Bathing and Brushing

BREAKFAST

GOING TO SCHOOL
I. Getting Ready
II. An Early Romp
III. Fresh Air--Why We Need It
IV. Fresh Air--How We Breathe It

IN SCHOOL
I. Bringing the Fresh Air In
II. Hearing and Listening
III. Seeing and Reading
IV. A Drink of Water
V. Little Cooks
VI. Tasting and Smelling
VII. Talking and Reciting
VIII. Thinking and Answering

"ABSENT TO-DAY?"
I. Keeping Well
II. Some Foes to Fight
III. Protecting Our Friends

WORK AND PLAY
I. Growing Strong
II. Accidents
III. The City Beautiful

THE EVENING MEAL

A PLEASANT EVENING

GOOD NIGHT
I. Getting Ready for Bed
II. The Land of Nod

QUESTIONS AND EXERCISES

THE CHILD'S DAY

GOOD MORNING

I. WAKING UP

If there is anything that we all enjoy, it is waking up on a bright
spring morning and seeing the sunlight pouring into the room. You all
know the poem beginning,--

"I remember, I remember
The house where I was born;
The little window where the sun
Came peeping in at morn."

You are feeling fresh and rested and happy after your good night's
sleep and you are eager to be up and out among the birds and the
flowers.

You are perfectly right in being glad to say "Good morning" to the
sun, for he is one of the best friends you have. Doesn't he make the
flowers blossom, and the trees grow? And he makes the apples redden,
too, and the wheat-ears fill out, and the potatoes grow under the
ground, and the peas and beans and melons and strawberries and
raspberries above it. All these things tha