Rand, Mary Abbott, b. 1840, Belford, Clarke & Co., publisher · Chicago : Belford, Clarke & Co. · leaf 66
a sensation among the boys as the presidential partyfour years before, with all its speeches and flowers. Whales are now somewhat out of fashion. Whatwith different burning-fluids and coal-oils, the oldpoetic midnight-oil is out of date. Dress-reformhas waged war on the baleen, and if the… … ANY wonderful men lived in the fifteenth century, but Leonardo Da Vincihas been called the first of his age. He is noted most as an artist, buthe also wrote many books. Twelvelarge volumes are still treasured inthe public library of the city where helived; these are about the arts, chem-istry, and…
Children's literature, American
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