CHILDREN'S BOOKS.*
Early Impressions is neither more nor less than a reading-book for children—as good as any other, perhaps, in its general character, and vastly better in one particular circumstance : every sentence com- mences a fresh paragraph, and thus the child's attention is not dis- tracted ; he is not puzzled by a complete marsh or bog of letters as far as his eye can reach. He sees the end of his eftbrt, and rests when he has completed it, looking back upon his acquirement. Thus is the title justified : an early impression of distinguishing between thought and thought, of mastering one before another is attempted, is calculated to give a precision and a method to ideas more valuable than wrought gold.
* Early Impressions, or Moral and Instructive Entertainment for Children, in Prose and Verse; with twelve Designs by Dighton. Hatchard.
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