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 504
,And rarest wood, befitting every wayA squires abode. And when the whole is ready, Ill dispatch My coachman—a most knowing fellow—dow^nTo buy me, by admeasurement, a batchOf books in town. 474 The Country Squire 475 But ere the library was half sn])])lie(l With all its ])()m|)s of cal)inet and… … THE SQUIRE S LIBRARY Now, as I only want them for their looks. It might, on second thoughts, be just as good,And cost me next to nothing, if the booksWere made of wood. It shall be so, Ill give the shaven dealA coat of paint—a colorable dress, 476 The Country Squire To look like calf or vellum and…
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