[Pg 5] INTRODUCTION. Uncle Thomas' Stories for Good Children. The design of this Series of unpretending little books, is, to give to the Young, information, joined with amusement. They are prepared for young children, and if, from the reading of these stories, they acquire a love for good books, the compiler's object will be accomplished. [Pg 7] [Pg 7] Contents. Charles' Journey to France, The Ball Players, The Little Boy who was a Coward, My Mother, Stories of Dogs, A Naughty Boy, The Silly Lamb, Lucy and her Lamb, [Pg 9] [Pg 9] STORY OF A JOURNEY TO FRANCE. Well, Charles, we will take a journey. We will go to France. We will see some of the world besides home.