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It seemed to me that stories just as interesting, just as exciting if you please, could be written, without any of the evil tendencies of these harmful books. I have tried to do this in the stories I have written for young people. IT SEEMED TO ME THAT STORIES JUST AS INTERESTING JUST AS EXCITING IF YOU PLEASE COULD BE WRITTEN WITHOUT THE HELP OF THE EVIL TENDENCIES OF THESE HARMFUL BOOKS I HAVE TRIED TO DO THIS IN THE STORIES I HAVE WRITTEN FOR YOUNG PEOPLE
I had but little faith in my ability in this direction; but the plot and plan of the story I had arranged for my Sunday-school class came back to me, and I went to work upon it. The result of my efforts was "The Boat Club." When I began to write stories for the young I had a distinct purpose in my mind. How well I remember the books I read, unknown to my parents, when I was a boy! They were "The Three Spaniards," "Alonzo and Melissa," "The Mysteries of Udolpho," "Rinaldo Rinaldini," "Freemantle the Privateersman," and similar works, not often found at the present time on the shelves of the booksellers, though I am sorry to say that their places have been filled with books hardly less pernicious. The hero of these stories was a pirate, a highwayman, a smuggler, or a bandit. He was painted in glowing colors; and in admiring his boldness, my sympathies were with this outcast and outlaw. These books were bad, very bad; because they brought the reader into sympathy with evil and wicked men. NALLY I PROMISED TO SEE WHAT I COULD DO I HAD BUT LITTLE FAITH IN MY ABILITY IN THIS DIRECTION BUT THE PLOT AND PLAN OF THE STORY I HAD ARRANGED FOR MY SUNDAY SCHOOL CLASS CAME BACK TO ME AND I WENT TO WORK UPON IT THE RESULT OF MY EFFORTS WAS THE BOAT CLUB WHEN I BEGAN TO WRITE STORIES FOR THE YOUNG I HAD A DISTINCT PURPOSE IN MY MIND HOW WELL I REMEMBER THE BOOKS I HAD READ UNKNOWN TO MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS A BOY THEY WERE THE THREE SPANIARDS ALFONZO AND MOLISSA THE MYSTERIES OF UDOLPHO RINALDO RINALDINI FREEMANTLE THE PRIVATEERSMAN AND SIMILAR WORKS NOT OFTEN FOUND AT THE PRESENT TIME ON THE SHELVES OF BOOKSELLERS THOUGH I AM SORRY TO SAY THAT THEIR PLACES HAVE BEEN FILLED WITH BOOKS HARDLY LESS PERNICIOUS THE HERO OF THESE STORIES WAS A PIRATE A HIGHWAYMAN A SMUGGLER OR A BANDIT HE WAS PAINTED IN GLOWING COLORS AND ADMIRING HIS BOLDNESS MY SYMPATHIES WERE WITH THIS OUTCAST AND OUTLAW THESE BOOKS WERE BAD VERY BAD BECAUSE THEY BROUGHT THE READER INTO SYMPATHY WITH EVIL AND WICKED MEN
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