Collector's luck; or, A repository of pleasant and profitable discourses descriptive of the household furniture and ornaments of olden time.. (1919)
Carrick, Alice Van Leer, 1875- · Boston, The Atlantic monthly press · leaf 216
ways I find the put-awayplaythings of a long time ago. I handle them withdelight, these little forgotten cradles and chests, andthen I invariably awake with tears in my eyes,wondering where the children are. Sometimes inreal life I have fulfilled my dreams, and because col-lecting, in most of its… … Collection of Francis Bigelow. A little early-eighteenth century chest withteardrop handles. W:^
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