. ▁Sarah ▁Bur ney , ▁in ▁her ▁popular ▁novel ▁Tra its ▁of ▁Nature ▁( 1 8 1 2 ), ▁has ▁the ▁ 1 4 - year - old ▁Christ ina ▁Cleveland ▁remark , ▁" Well , ▁then ; ▁you ▁know ▁fair y - t ales ▁are ▁forb idden ▁ple asures ▁in ▁all ▁modern ▁school - rooms . ▁Mrs . ▁Bar ba uld , ▁and ▁Mrs . ▁Tr immer , ▁and ▁Miss ▁Ed gew orth , ▁and ▁a ▁hundred ▁others , ▁have ▁written ▁good ▁books ▁for ▁children , ▁which ▁have ▁thrown ▁poor ▁Mother ▁Go ose , ▁and ▁the ▁Arab ian ▁N ights , ▁quite ▁out ▁of ▁favour ; ▁– ▁at ▁least , ▁with ▁pap as ▁and ▁m am as ." ▁A ▁more ▁str ident ▁criticism ▁was ▁made ▁by ▁the ▁Lamb s , ▁telling ▁of ▁Mary ' s ▁abort ive ▁search ▁for ▁a ▁copy ▁of ▁Go ody ▁Two ▁Sho es , ▁which ▁her ▁brother ▁claimed ▁was ▁because ▁" M rs . ▁Bar ba uld ' s ▁stuff ▁has ▁ban ished ▁all ▁the ▁old ▁class ics ▁of ▁the ▁nur ser y ." ▁ ▁Less ons ▁for ▁Children ▁and ▁H ym ns ▁in ▁Pro se ▁had , ▁for ▁children ' s ▁books , ▁an ▁un pre ced ented ▁impact ; ▁not ▁only ▁did ▁they ▁influence ▁the ▁poetry ▁of ▁William ▁Bla ke , ▁William ▁Word sw orth , ▁and ▁Jane ▁Taylor , ▁they ▁were ▁also ▁used ▁to ▁teach ▁several ▁gener ations ▁of ▁school children . ▁Children ' s ▁literature ▁scholar ▁William ▁Mc Car thy ▁states , ▁" El