Madam How and Lady Why
Madam How and Lady Why, or First Lessons in Earth Lore for Children
by Charles Kingsley
PREFACE
My dear boys,--When I was your age, there were no such children's books as there are now. Those which we had were few and dull, and the pictures in them ugly and mean: while you have your choice of books without number, clear, amusing, and pretty, as well as really instructive, on subjects which were only talked of fifty years ago by a few learned men, and very little ...