Child, Lydia Maria, 1802-1880 · New York : Clark Austin & co. · leaf 203
198 THE GIRLS OWN BOOK. The little girl who danced the Wreath-dance on horse-back, was as graceful as any of them. I cannot tell you halfthe feats these automata performed. If ever Mr. Maelzelcomes to Boston again, I will send for you, and take you tosee them. Here is a picture of the little… … Ann. Dear aunt, do tell me ahout those cunning littlepoppets, the Kope-Dancers. Aunt. To me, they were the most wonderful of the whole.These two little figures performed all manner of feats on arope suspended across the room. Sometimes they were seatedfirmly, with arms outstretched: sometimes they…
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