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The girls are the more active authors�察�and the more prosaic。                  What they 

would write had they never read things written for them by the dull�察�it is 

not   possible   to   know。    What   they   do   write   is   thisto   take   a   passage�此�

;Poor Mrs。 Bald ��that was her name�� thought she would never get to the 

wood where her aunt lived�察�she got down and pulled the donky on by the 

bridal 。 。 。 Alas� �her troubles were not over yet�察�the donky would not go 

where   she   wanted   it�察  �instead   of   turning   down   Rose   Lane   it   went   down 

another�察�which although Mrs。 Bald did not know it led to a very deep and 

dangerous      pond。     The    donky    ran   into  the   pond   and   Mrs。    Bald   was 

dround。; 

     To give a prosperous look to the magazine containing the serial story 

just quoted�察�a few pages of mixed advertisements are laboriously written 

out�此    �The Imatation of Christ is the best book in all the world。;               ;Read 

Thompson's poetry and you are in a world of delight。;                   ;Barrat's ginger 

beer is the only ginger beer to drink。;          ;The place for a ice。;        Under the 

indefinite heading ;A Article�察─�readers are told ;that they are liable to read 

the paper for nothing。; 

     A still younger hand contributes a short story in which the hero returns 

to his home after a report of his death had been believed by his wife and 

family。     The   last   sentence   is   worth   quoting�此   �We   will   now�察─  �says   the 

author�察    �leave   Mrs。    White    and   her  two   children    to  enjoy   the  sudden 



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appearance of Mr。 White。; 

     Here   is   an   editorial   announcement�此         �Ladies   and   gentlemen�察  �every 

week at the end of the paper there will be a little article on the habits of the 

paper。; 

     On     the  whole�察    �authorship     does    not   seem    to   foster   the   quality   of 

imagination。        Convention�察       �during    certain   early   years�察   �may    be   a  very 

strong   motivenot   so   much   with   children   brought   up   strictly   within   its 

limits�察   �perhaps�察   �as   with   those    who    have    had   an   exceptional     freedom。 

Against this�察�as a kind of childish bohemianism�察�there is�察�in one phase of 

childhood�察  �a   strong   reaction。       To   one   child�察  �brought   up   internationally�察�

and with somewhat too much liberty amongst peasant play´mates and their 

games�察  �in   many   dialects�察  �eagerness   to   become   like   ;other   people�察─  �and 

even   like   the   other   people   of   quite   inferior   fiction�察  �grew   to   be   almost   a 

passion。      The desire was in time out´grown�察�but it cost the girl some years 

of her simplicity。 The style is not always the child。 



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                                    LETTERS 



     The letter exacted from a child is usually a letter of thanks�察�somebody 

has   sent   him   a   box   of   chocolates。  The   thanks   tend   to   stiffen   a   child's 

style�察   �but   in   any   case    a  letter  is   the   occasion    of   a   sudden     self´ 

consciousness�察 �newer   to   a   child   than   his   elders   know。 They  speak   prose 

and know it。       But a young child possesses his words by a different tenure�察�

he is not aware of the spelt and written aspect of the things he says every 

day�察�he does not dwell upon the sound of them。                  He is so little taken by 

the kind and character of any word that he catches the first that comes at 

random。      A little child to whom a peach was first revealed�察�whispered to 

his mother�察 �I like that kind of turnip。;            Compelled to write a letter�察�the 

child finds the word of daily life suddenly a stranger。 

     The   fresher   the   mind   the   duller   the   sentence�察  �and   the   younger   the 

fingers     the  older�察  �more    wrinkled�察    �and   more    sidling    the  handwriting。 

Dickens�察�who used his eyes�察�remarked the contrast。                  The hand of a child 

and his face are full of rounds�察�but his written O is tottering and haggard。 

     His   phrases   are   ceremonious   without the   dignity  of   ceremony。          The 

child   chatters   because   he   wants   his   companion   to   hear�察  �but   there   is   no 

inspiration in the act of writing to a distant aunt about whom he probably 

has    some    grotesque     impression      because     he  cannot    think    of  anyone�察�

however vague and forgotten�察�without a mental image。                    As like as not he 

pictures all his relatives at a distance with their eyes shut。             No boy wants 

to   write   familiar   things    to  a  forgotten    aunt  with    her  eyes   shut。    His 

thoughtless      elders   require    him   not   only   to   write   to  her   under   these 

discouragements�察�but to write to her in an artless and childlike fashion。 

     The    child   is  unwieldy     of   thought�察   �besides。    He     cannot    send   the 

conventional messages but he loses his way among the few pronouns�此 �I 

send   them   their   love�察─   �They   sent   me   my   love�察─   �I   kissed   their   hand   to 

me。;     If he is stopped and told to get the words right�察�he has to make a 

long effort。     His precedent might be cited to excuse every politician who 

cannot   remember   whether   he   began   his   sentence   with   ;people;   in   the 

singular or the plural�察�and who finishes it otherwise than as he began it。 



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Points of grammar that are purely points of logic baffle a child completely。 

He is as unready in the thought needed for these as he is in the use of his 

senses。 

    It is   not truethough   it is generally  saidthat   a young   child's senses 

are quick。    This is one of the unverified ideas that commend themselves�察�

one knows not why。         We have had experiments to compare the relative 

quickness     of   perception    proved    by   men   and    women。      The    same 

experiments with children would give curious results�察�but they can hardly�察�

perhaps�察�be made�察�because the children would be not only slow to perceive 

but slow to announce the perception�察�so the moment would go by�察�and the 

game     be  lost。  Not    even   amateur   conjuring    does  so   baffle  the  slow 

turning of a child's mind as does a little intricacy of grammar。 



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                                THE FIELDS 



     The    pride   of   rustic  life  is  the  child's   form    of  caste´feeling。     The 

country   child   is   the   aristocrat�察  �he   has   des   relations   suivies   with   game´ 

keepers�察�nay�察�with the most interesting mole´catchers。                 He has a perfectly 

self´conscious joy that he is not in a square or a suburb。                No essayist has 

so much feeling against terraces and villas。 

     As for imitation countrythe further suburbit is worse than town�察�it 

is a place to walk in�察�and the tedium of a walk to a child's mind is hardly 

measurable   by   a   man�察  �who   walks   voluntarily�察  �with   his   affairs   to   think 

about�察    �and   his  eyes    released�察   �by   age�察  �from   the   custom     of  perpetual 

observation。       The child�察�compelled to walk�察�is the only unresting observer 

of the asphalt�察�the pavement�察�the garden gates and railings�察�and the tedious 

people。     He is bored as he will never be bored when a man。 

     He   is   at   his   best   where�察  �under   the   welcome   stress   and   pressure   of 

abundant crops�察�he is admitted to the labours of men and women�察�neither 

in mere play  nor in the earnest   of the  hop´field for  the sake  of his   little 

gains。     On the steep farm lands of the Canton de Vaud�察�where maize and 

grapes are carried in the botte�察�so usually are children expected in the field 

that   bottes   are   made   to   the   shape   of   a   back   and   arms   of   five   years   old。 

Some�察�made for harvesters of those years�察�can hold no more than a single 

yellow ear of maize or two handfuls of beans。                  You may meet the same 

little boy with the repetitions of this load a score of times in the morning。 

Moreover the Swiss mother has always a fit sense of what is due to that 

labourer。      When   the   plums   are   gathered�察  �for   instance�察  �she   bakes   in   the 

general   village   oven   certain   round   open   tarts   across   which   her   arm   can 

hardly     reach。     No     plum     tarts  elsewhere      are   anything     but   dull   in 
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