In 'Dr. Scudder's Tales for Little Readers, About the Heathen,' John Scudder presents a collection of narrations crafted to educate young minds about the lived experiences and cultures of non-Christian peoples, colloquially termed 'heathens' in the author's period. The literary style is distinctly didactic, embodying the 19th-century evangelical zeal and the nuances of colonial missionary literatu...