Inside Out Library · Explore

St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 457

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 457
920 THE BROWNIES AT SCHOOL. [October, THE BROWNIES AT SCHOOL.By Palmer Cox. As BROWNIES rambled round one night.A country school-house came in sight ;And there they paused awhile to speakAbout the place, where through the week … The scholars came, with smile or whine,Each morning, at the stroke of nine.This is, said one, the place, indeed,Where children come to write and read.T is here, through rules and rods to suit.The young idea learns to shoot ;And here the truant with a grin,In nearest neighbor pokes the pin, Or sighs…

Children's literature

Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.

More pictures from St. Nicholas [serial]

More like this