Boys' and Girls' Bookshelf: Little journeys into booklandUniversity Society, 1912 |
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... talk the language children talk , And not the talk of cats . They say , instead of " purr , " and " mew , " " Good afternoon , " and " How do you do ? " The paper folks don't always walk , But ride out every day ; Their horses go just ...
... talk the language children talk , And not the talk of cats . They say , instead of " purr , " and " mew , " " Good afternoon , " and " How do you do ? " The paper folks don't always walk , But ride out every day ; Their horses go just ...
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ADVENTURE TALES AND ANIMAL STORIES TALKS ABOUT ADVENTURE STORIES 71 " I was afraid we were lost , but I. There is probably ... talk on fiction con- tained more adventures than anything else , and the historical tales and novels which came ...
ADVENTURE TALES AND ANIMAL STORIES TALKS ABOUT ADVENTURE STORIES 71 " I was afraid we were lost , but I. There is probably ... talk on fiction con- tained more adventures than anything else , and the historical tales and novels which came ...
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... talking about the great things that were done , people in olden times preferred to talk about the great men who did them . The " Iliad " and the " Odyssey " of the ancient Greek poet Homer , two of the oldest writ- ings in existence ...
... talking about the great things that were done , people in olden times preferred to talk about the great men who did them . The " Iliad " and the " Odyssey " of the ancient Greek poet Homer , two of the oldest writ- ings in existence ...
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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