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smoothness of the style, and the character of the incidents, render it attractive to the child, it will certainly be attractive also to the man or woman. From this it is plain that baby books, or books full of baby talk, are no more adapted to the child than they are to any grown person above the degree of an idiot. An entertaining book, whether it relate the acts of children or of men, will be read eagerly by children who have naturally a taste for reading. We have heard many persons say that the first book they ever read with any pleasure was Pope's Translation of the Iliad, and we have ourselves known many children of a very tender age to be charmed with it. Instead of giving the child something exactly on a level with his age, it is better to give him something a little above it. It excites curiosity and leads to exertion. Sir Walter Scott, who was of this opinion, said it was like placing something for a child on a shelf, which he could not reach without standing on tip-toe.