Excerpt from First Lessons in Geometry
I have long been seeking a Geometry for beginners, suited to my taste, and to my convictions of what is a proper foundation for scientific education. Finding that Mr. Josiaii Holbrook agreed most cordially with me, in my estimate of this study, I had hoped that his treatise would satisfy me; but, although the best I had seen, it did not meet my views. Meanwhile, my own children were in most urgent need of a text-book, and the sense of their want has driven me to take the time necessary for writing these pages. Two children, one of five, the other of seven and a half, were before my mind's eye all the time of my writing ; and it will be found that children of this age are quicker at comprehending first lessons in Geometry than those of fifteen. Many parts of this book will, however, be found adapted, not only to children, but to pupils of adult age. The truths arc sublime. I have tried to present them in a simple and attractive dress.
I have addressed the child's imagination, rather than his reason, because I wished to teach him to conceive of forms.
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