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I am willing to acknowledge that I have written a great many stories for young people. And here I wish to say  what may perhaps surprise some of this audience  that I fully approve of and indorse all that Mr. Greenough, the President of the Board of Trustees of the Library, has said in his very able and instructive address, in regard to a proper supervision of the reading of the girls and boys. I AM WILLING TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE WRITTEN A GREAT MANY STORIES FOR YOUNG PEOPLE AND HERE I WISH TO SAY WHAT MAY PERHAPS SURPRISE SOME OF THIS AUDIENCE THAT I FULLY APPROVE OF AND INDORSE ALL THAT MISTER GREENAUGH THE PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LIBRARY HAS SAID IN HIS VERY ABLE AND INSTRUCTIVE ADDRESS IN REGARD TO A PROPER SUPERVISION OF THE READING OF THE GIRLS AND BOYS
 to know something of the motives which have animated the writer for the long term in which he has been engaged in producing books for juvenile readers. In a speech made by the author in 1875, at the dedication of a branch of the Boston Public Library in Dorchester, which had become a part of the city, the desire of the venerable personage and the wishes of the other inquirers were fully answered; and perhaps they cannot be better satisfied than in reading a portion of this address, given after the writer had been introduced by the Mayor of Boston:-- Though not to the manner born, Mr. Mayor, I have resided in Dorchester during the greater portion of my life; and this church has been my "religious home" for more than twenty-five years. I confess that it seems very strange to me to be introduced to an audience gathered within these walls by the Mayor of Boston. In presenting me to this large audience, you have called me by a name by which, perhaps, I am better known than by my real name. Y WISH TO KNOW SOMETHING OF THE MOTIVES WHICH HAVE ANIMATED THE WRITER FOR THE LONG TERM IN WHICH HE HAS BEEN ENGAGED IN PRODUCING BOOKS FOR JUVENILE READERS IN A SPEECH MADE BY THE AUTHOR IN EIGHTEEN SEVENTY FIVE AT THE DEDICATION OF A BRANCH OF THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY IN DORCHESTER WHICH HAD BECOME A PART OF THE CITY THE DESIRE OF THE VENERABLE PERSONAGE AND THE WISHES OF THE OTHER INQUIRERS WERE FULLY ANSWERED AND PERHAPS THEY CANNOT BE BETTER SATISFIED THAN IN READING A PORTION OF THIS ADDRESS GIVEN AFTER THE WRITER HAD BEEN INTRODUCED BY THE MAYOR OF BOSTON THOUGH NOT TO THE MANNER BORN MISTER MAYOR I HAVE RECITED IN DORCHESTER DURING THE GREATER PORTION OF MY LIFE AND THIS CHURCH HAS BEEN MY RELIGIOUS HOME FOR MORE THAN TWENTY FIVE YEARS I CONFESS THAT IT SEEMS VERY STRANGE TO ME TO BE INTRODUCED TO AN AUDIENCE GATHERED WITHIN THESE WALLS BY THE MAYOR OF BOSTON IN PRESENTING ME TO THIS LARGE AUDIENCE YOU HAVE CALLED ME BY A NAME WHICH PERHAPS I AM BETTER KNOWN THAN MY REAL NAME
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