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purpose of this series of stories is to show the children,
and even those who have already taken up the study of history,
the home life of the colonists with whom they meet in their books.
To this end every effort has been made to avoid anything savoring of romance,
and to deal only with facts, so far as it is possible, while describing the daily life
of those people who conquered the wilderness whether for conscience sake or for gain.
That the stories may appeal more directly to the children, they are told from the
viewpoint of a child, and purport to have been related by a child.
Should any criticism be made regarding the seeming neglect to mention
important historical facts, the answer would be that these books are not sent out
as histories,—although it is believed that they will awaken a desire to
learn more of the building of the nation,—and only such incidents
as would be particularly noted by a child are used.
Surely it is entertaining as well as instructive for young people to read
of the toil and privations in the homes of tose who came into a new world
to build up a country for themselves, and such homely facts are not
to be found in the real histories of our land.
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