Children's Ways
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CHILDREN'S WAYS
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO., LONDON, NEW YORK, AND BOMBAY.
CHILDREN'S WAYS
BEING SELECTIONS FROM THE AUTHOR'S STUDIES OF CHILDHOOD, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MATTER
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON AND BOMBAY 1897
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
CHILDREN'S WAYS.
PART I. AT PLAY.
CHAPTER I.
THE REALM OF FANCY.
(a) The Transforming Wand.
Fancy's Resting-places.
In Storyland.
CHAPTER II.
THE ENCHANTMENT OF PLAY.
The Young Pretender.
Mysteries of Dolldom.
Serious Side of Play.
PART II. AT WORK.
CHAPTER III.
ATTACKING OUR LANGUAGE.
The Namer of Things.
The Sentence-builder.
The Interpreter of Words.
CHAPTER IV.
THE SERIOUS SEARCHER.
The Thoughtful Observer.
The Pertinacious Questioner.
CHAPTER V.
FIRST THOUGHTS: (a) THE NATURAL WORLD.
The Fashion of Things.
The Bigger World.
Dreams.
Birth and Growth.
CHAPTER VI.
FIRST THOUGHTS: (b) SELF AND OTHER MYSTERIES.
The Visible Self.
The Hidden Self.
The Unreachable Past.
The Supernatural World.
The Great Maker.
CHAPTER VII.
THE BATTLE WITH FEARS: (a) THE ONSLAUGHT.
The Battery of Sounds.
The Alarmed Sentinel.
CHAPTER VIII.
THE BATTLE WITH FEARS (Continued).
The Assault of the Beasts.
The Night Attack.
(b) Damage of the Onslaught.
(c) Recovery from the Onslaught.
CHAPTER IX.
GOOD AND BAD IN THE MAKING.
Traces of the Brute.
The Promise of Humanity.
The Lapse into Lying.
Fealty to Truth.
CHAPTER X.
REBEL AND SUBJECT.
(a) The Struggle with Law: First Tussle with Authority.
Evading the Law.
The Plea for Liberty.
(b) On the Side of Law.
The Young Stickler for the Proprieties.
The Enforcer of Rules.
CHAPTER XI.
AT THE GATE OF THE TEMPLE.
The Greeting of Beauty.
First Peep into the Art-world.
First Ventures in Creation.
CHAPTER XII.
FIRST PENCILLINGS.
The Human Face Divine.
The Vile Body.
Side Views of Things.
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