Chapter I: Front Matter

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PARENTS AND CHILDREN

A SEQUEL TO

“HOME EDUCATION”

BY

CHARLOTTE M. MASON

LONDON
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO. Lᵀᴰ
PATERNOSTER HOUSE, CHARING CROSS ROAD
1897

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AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE AFFECTION AND
REVERENCE WITH WHICH THEIR
EFFORTS INSPIRE HER

AMBLESIDE,
_November 1896_.