Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 217
heaps with shouts of laughter. Within the yard the children play,Attacking in a cruel way A tall snow-man, who stares about him,And, smiling coldly, seems to sayNo icy cannonading may Suffice ingloriously to rout him. Within the house the fire glows,And ruddy apples, ranged in rows Before the… … Somehow I cant understand What the teacher said to-day,About the seasons and the way That the earth is tilted, andHow the days keep getting short,— Short and shorter in the fall,—Till (she said) the winter brought Us the shortest days of all. That stumps me — that s what it does! The shortest days…
Children's literature
Internet Archive · UNC Libraries · Public Domain Mark 1.0. Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 217](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/1024/ia-stnicholasserial231dodg-217-166.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial242dodg-456-339.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial302dodg-18-3.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial391dodg-52-41.webp)
![An illustration from Struwwelpeter auf Reisen : Eine lustige Wandergeschichte. Text von R[obert] Hertwig. Mit vielen, vielen Illustrationen von H. Neuber (1897)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/sbb-1871761360-41-2.webp)
![An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-stnicholasserial191dodg-403-363.webp)
