The Child at Home: The Principles of Filial Duty, Familiarly Illustrated

A collection of moral sketches and anecdotes aimed at young readers and their parents, offering practical lessons in filial duty, honesty, obedience, and piety. Through courtroom scenes, household incidents, and brief biographies, it shows consequences of deception and disobedience, the comforts of cheerful obedience, and the importance of penitence and religious faith. Later chapters address traits of character—temper, vanity, humility, courage—and show how small choices affect family happiness and future conduct. The text is explicitly intended for parental guidance, to be read with children to prompt reflection and moral formation.