Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 186
e fact inhistory, one person, the habits of one animal,the truth about one historical character; pur-sue this, and before you know it you will be ascholar in many things. Do not forget that reading is a means to anend. The indulgence of it is good or badaccording to the end in view. The mind… … BARE BOUGHS AND BUDS. By Celia Thaxter. Alas, alas, how the North wind grieves ! Said the black-ash tall, I am losing myleaves ! And Well-a-day, sighed the elm-tree old, I stand in a rain of my falling gold! And Oh, cried the maple overhead,• On the dark ground rustles my robe of red ! The…
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