MAKERS OF MANY THINGS

BY

EVA MARCH TAPPAN, Ph.D.

Author of "England's Story," "American Hero Stories,""Old World Hero Stories," "Story of the Greek People,""Story of the Roman People," etc. Editor of"The Children's Hour."

HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
BOSTON    NEW YORK    CHICAGO

PREFACE

The four books of this series have been written not merely to provideagreeable reading matter for children, but to give them information.When a child can look at a steel pen not simply as an articlefurnished by the city for his use, but rather as the result of manyinteresting processes, he has made a distinct growth in intelligence.When he has begun to apprehend the fruitfulness of the earth, bothabove ground and below, and the best way in which its products may beutilized and carried to the places where they are needed, he has notonly acquired a knowledge of many kinds of industrial life which mayhelp him to choose his life-work wisely from among them, but he haslearned the dependence of one person upon other persons, of one partof the world upon other parts, and the necessity of peacefulintercourse. Best of all, he has learned to see. Wordsworth's familiarlines say of a man whose eyes had not been opened,—

These books are planned to show the children that there is "somethingmore"; to broaden their horizon; to reveal to them what invention hasaccomplished and what wide room for invention still remains; to teachthem that reward comes to the man[iv]who improves his output beyond thetask of the moment; and that success is waiting, not for him who worksbecause he must, but for him who works because he may.

Acknowledgment is due to the Diamond Match Company, Hood RubberCompany, S. D. Warren Paper Company, The Riverside Press, E. Faber,C. Howard Hunt Pen Company, Waltham Watch Company, Mark Cross Company,I. Prouty & Company, Cheney Brothers, and others, whose advice andcriticism have been of most valuable aid in the preparation of thisvolume.

Eva March Tappan.

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