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Dickens' Stories
ABOUT
Children
EVERY CHILD CAN READ
EDITED BY
REV. JESSE LYMAN HURLBUT, D.D.
EVERY CHILD'S LIBRARY
THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PHILADELPHIA
The John C. Winston Co.
PREFACE.
Charles Dickens was one of the greatest amongthe many story-writers of "the Victorian age;"that is, the middle and latter part of the NineteenthCentury, when Victoria was Queen ofGreat Britain. Perhaps he was the greatest ofthem all for now, a generation after he passedaway, more people read the stories of Dickensthan those by any other author of that period.In those wonderful writings are found many picturesof child-life connected with the plan of thenovels or stories. These child-stories have beentaken out of their connections and are told bythemselves in this volume. By and by you willread for yourselves, "The Christmas Carol,""The Chimes," "David Copperfield," "The OldCuriosity Shop," and the other great books bythat fascinating writer, who saw people whom[4]nobody else ever saw, and made them real. Whenyou read those books you will meet again thesecharming children, and will remember them asthe friends of your childhood.