[Gutenberg 63850] • Eyes and No Eyes, and Other Stories

Excerpt from Eyes and No Eyes: And Other Stories

Whatever will stimulate the Observing tendencies of the young cannot but be of value to them. Eyes and No Eyes does this in a delightful way. The story is so natural that the child is wrapped up in it, and so it makes a deep impress upon him. Much less could be accomplished by simply telling him to Observe, or lec turing upon the value of keeping one's eyes open. But when the reader sees how much more William gets out of his walk than Robert, and what marvellous things exist everywhere if one is on the lookout for them, he is himself incited to examine with greater care the many more or less ordinary things he has neglected hereto for - e. William and Robert become very real individuals to the child, and there is no doubt which of them he will choose to emulate. The author relies upon the force of concrete example to determine the conduct of children, and this is certainly sound in theory and endorsed by experience.

The story is told in a very agreeable style, which is at once attractive and affords a good model for imita tion. The dialogue gives an Opportunity to present information without its seeming dry and didactic.

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