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... perhaps , but to his children his drawings of Peter Piper were better than any old master- pieces . His daughter wrote years afterward : " We never knew what the wonderful Peter Piper would do . He went traveling in foreign lands ; he ...
... perhaps , but to his children his drawings of Peter Piper were better than any old master- pieces . His daughter wrote years afterward : " We never knew what the wonderful Peter Piper would do . He went traveling in foreign lands ; he ...
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... perhaps , than most other nations , the best of those tales treated of adventures on the ocean . The XIX - 6 first of the great English sea - tales was " The Adventures of Roderick Random , " by Tobias Smollett , in which the principal ...
... perhaps , than most other nations , the best of those tales treated of adventures on the ocean . The XIX - 6 first of the great English sea - tales was " The Adventures of Roderick Random , " by Tobias Smollett , in which the principal ...
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... Perhaps Thomas Crofton Croker , who was born in 1798 , and died in 1854 , is the most notable of those who , like the brothers Grimm , collected and recorded the folklore of his country . He wrote a fascinating book called " The Fairy ...
... Perhaps Thomas Crofton Croker , who was born in 1798 , and died in 1854 , is the most notable of those who , like the brothers Grimm , collected and recorded the folklore of his country . He wrote a fascinating book called " The Fairy ...
Contents
OUR GREAT AMERICAN WRITERS PART I | 1 |
POEMS FOR CHILDREN OF ALL AGES PART I | 14 |
FIVE GREAT ENGLISH WRITERS INTRODUCED TO LITTLE FOLK | 27 |
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