23/47 "Oh, but where are the factory chimneys ?"--or else--"Why have you left out the gas-works ?" or "Do you call that sloppy thing a church ?" The particular focus should be vivid, and the record in some way true. The soul must give earnest attention, that is all. We need not be afraid of letting children see the passions and reactions of adult life. Only we must not strain the _sympathies_ of a child, in _any_ direction, particularly the direction of love and pity. Nor must we introduce the fallacy of right and wrong. |