# The infant moralist

Author: Carnegie, Helena, Lady, 1865-1943; Jacob, Violet, 1863-1946

Genre: Category: Children & Young Adult Reading

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76648

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+infant+moralist+Carnegie&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

What a Commotion in the Town! Now has the Steeple fallen down? Some strange Event occurr’d? Fresh Tidings of the War in France, Or News of dire Import, perchance, The Mayor may have heard. See how the People run and point! The Butcher, laden with a Joint, Is brandishing his Knife; The Chandler, with a Pot of Lard, In tumbling from the Farrier’s Yard, Upsets the Baker’s Wife. The Parson hurries up the Street, His Shoes half on, half off his Feet, His Surplice flies behind, And knocking ’gainst the Apple Stall, Of Widow Clarke, the Apples fall, He does not seem to mind! Here comes the Guardian of the Laws! Pray, tell us, Officer, the Cause Of this tumultuous Scene? Why, I declare, the Reaso...

## Chapters

- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-infant-moralist-76648/chapters/1/index.md)