Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 258
THE SJSTERS. ST. NICHOLAS. Vol. XIII. FEBRUARY, 1886. No. 4. [Copyright, 1886, by The CENTURY CO.; SOME FAMOUS FLORENTINE BABIES. … More than five hundred years ago the goodpeople of Florence were much troubled becauseof the many poor homeless children in their city.There were but few foundling asylums in thosedays, and the poor little waifs and strays perishedmiserably or grew up to be beggars and thieves,excepting now and…
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