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The Baldwin Library
University of Florida
MORE SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE;
OR, ANOTHER PEEP AT CHARLES.
BEING, AN ACCOUNT OF
CHARLES'S PROGRESS IN LEARNING;
ABOUT BLACK SLAVES;
A CONVERSATION ON HISTORY; AND
MISSIONARIES.
BY MISS JULIA CORNER.
EMBELLISHED WITH SEVEN ELEGANT COLOURED ENGRAVINGS.
LONDON
CONTENTS
CHARLES'S PROGRESS IN LEARNING.
BLACK SLAVES.
A VISIT TO THE THEATER.
CONVERSATION ON HISTORY.
MISSIONARIES.
ILLUSTRATIONS
THE INCA'S SURPRISE AT SEEING A WATCH
LITTLE CHARLES LEARNING GEOGRAPHY
THE AFRICAN TORN FROM HIS HOME BY WHITE-MAN
LITTLE CHARLES SEEING A CHRISTMAS PANTOMIME
CONVERSATIONS IN HISTORY. CHARLES IInd
THE GOOD MISSIONARY GOING ABROAD
THE GOOD MISSIONARY TEACHING THE SAVAGES TO BUILD
MORE SEEDS OF KNOWLEDGE;
OR, ANOTHER PEEP AT CHARLES.
CHAP. I.
CHARLES'S PROGRESS IN LEARNING.
You have heard a great deal about Charles in the Seeds of Useful Knowledge; perhaps you would like to hear a little more about him; for, as he was never tired of learning good things, I might fill many books, if I were to speak of every thing that his papa and mamma taught him. But I dare say all the boys and girls who read this, have kind parents or friends who teach them, as well as Charles's papa and mamma taught him; so I will only mention such things as they may not perhaps yet have heard.
But first of all, I must tell you what Charles has been doing, since you heard of him last. He was now a year older than he was then, and he was also wiser, for he could write pretty well, and read without spelling the long words; he knew the multiplication table, and the pence table too; and could do sums in multiplication without a mistake, when he took pains; but sometimes, when he was careless, or in a hurry, the sums were wrong: however, I am happy to say that did not happen very often. Besides all these things, Charles learned grammar, and geography, and could decline many Latin nouns; which was very well for a little boy not quite seven years old. But of all his lessons he liked geography best, he liked to find out places in the maps, and