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Journeys through Bookland : a new and original plan for reading applied to the world's best literature for children (1922)

Sylvester, Charles Herbert · Chicago : Bellows-Reeve · leaf 112

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om Thumb. But al-ways the German children read and tell about aGerman Tom Thumb; the French children, abouta French Tom Thumb, and so on; but we are goingto believe that Tom Thumb really lived in Englandin the merry days of King Arthur. The story of Tom Thumb was published in rhyme Tom Thumb 01 for… … TOM THUMB AT KING ARTHUR S COURT His stature but an inch in height, Or quarter of a span;Then think you not this little knight Was proved a valiant man? The story was first written in prose in 1621, byRichard Johnson. THE SHEPHERD BOY AND THEWOLVES

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