I know that we are living during a time when it is not a usual practice to say no to requests that do not bear an evil intent. Yet the question is not what the book does not do, but instead what silly stories and twaddle does cultivate in children. What enthusiasms are generated by this kind of thought? What tastes are cultivated? Children must grow up on the best. There must never be a period in their lives when they are allowed to read or listen to twaddle or reading-made-easy. There is never a time when they are unequal to worthy thoughts well put and inspiring tales well told.
