Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Little journeys into booklandUniversity Society, 1912 |
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... stood , or had stood , for there was now very little of it left . No won- der the Mermaids and the Mer - babies and the Sea - gulls were astonished . Even the sea was speckled with fish who were putting their heads out of the water to ...
... stood , or had stood , for there was now very little of it left . No won- der the Mermaids and the Mer - babies and the Sea - gulls were astonished . Even the sea was speckled with fish who were putting their heads out of the water to ...
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... stood a castle , and in the castle lived a fair maiden named Janet . One day her father sent for his daughter and said : " Janet , ye may leave the castle grounds , an ye please , but never may ye cross the plain of Carterhaugh . For ...
... stood a castle , and in the castle lived a fair maiden named Janet . One day her father sent for his daughter and said : " Janet , ye may leave the castle grounds , an ye please , but never may ye cross the plain of Carterhaugh . For ...
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... stood in a great park among beautiful elms , and was called " Elmwood . " If the house could have talked it could have told wonderful stories , for there were dents in the library floor which had been made by the British muskets during ...
... stood in a great park among beautiful elms , and was called " Elmwood . " If the house could have talked it could have told wonderful stories , for there were dents in the library floor which had been made by the British muskets during ...
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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