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 201
a long pole, that we might not fall unexpec-tedly into any great hole or chasm. Silently wemarched—the mother, the boys, and even the dogsseeming overawed with the grandeur and beautyof the scene. We were in a grotto of diamonds—a vast cave of glittering crystal; the candlesreflected on the wall a… … I ADVANCED WITH A LONG POLE of stalactites, which sparkled and glittered with allthe colors of the rainbow. The floor of this magnificent palace was formedof hard, dry sand, so dry that I saw at once thatwe might safely take up our abode therein, withoutthe slightest fear of danger from damp. From…
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