Children's Ways / Being selections from the author's "Studies of childhood," with some additional matter
by James Sully
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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.
- FOOTNOTES
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