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 338
to the very saddest partof all my story. Now you may fancy that Tom wasquite good, v/hen he had everythingthat he could want or wish; but youwould be very much mistaken. Beingquite comfortable is a very good thing;but it does not make people good. Indeed, itsometimes makes them naughty, and I am… … 320 Tom, the Water Baby and wondering when the strange kidy would comeagain and give him some, and what she would givehim, and how much, and whether she would givehim more than the others. And he thought of noth-ing but lollipops by day, and dreamt of nothingelse by night—and what happened then?…
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