Excerpt from The Garnet Story Book: Tales of Cheer Both Old and New

About the middle of the last century there was printed in England a children's story with the attractive title, "The Good Natured Bear." This story, written by Robert H. Horne, was reviewed by William Makepeace Thackeray, who at that time signed his criticisms M. A. Titmarsh. Mr. Thackeray wrote an article entitled "On Some Illustrated Children's Books" for Fraser's Magazine in which he made the following comment: "Let a word be said in conclusion about the admirable story of "The Good Natured Bear, " one of the wittiest, pleasantest, and kindest of books that I have read for many a long day."

A few years ago the editors of this collection of stories found out-of-print copies of "The Good Natured Bear, " "The Man of Snow, " and "Finikin and His Golden Pippins" - all old-fashioned tales for children.

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