PREFACE 
The Boys and Girls’ Fireside Series is a col¬ 
lection of many excellent and interesting nar¬ 
ratives, trips and adventures, little sermons, 
Bible stories, descriptions of nature, of various 
industries and of foreign customs, bits of biog¬ 
raphy and history, missionary experiences, 
little poems, etc., that have been gleaned from 
various writers. It is believed that they will 
form a treasure-store of useful reading in 
which boys and girls will find both pleasure and 
profit. 
