their deep ignorance and to interest them in useful subjects may be naturally expected from every well-wisher of his country.
It is much easier to acquire knowledge through the medium of a vernacular language than through a foreign; and it is with a view in some measure of supplying this deficiency, that the compilation of the present series has been undertaken.
This work, suited to the comprehension of the youngest classes of learners, has been compiled and translated from the English. It contains not only narrative and didactic pieces, but it affords information on various other subjects, chiefly on Geography, History &c. Brief sketches of the Christian and Mahomedan Religions have been likewise inserted.
It is intended that the series shall be continued, and a few more books be prepared, should we still receive the same encouragement which we have already experienced from our countrymen, and particularly from European Gentle- men.
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