Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 484
maid, a pretty maid With very dainty looks,Walking on Broadway one fine day, Went into a store of books. A little man, a funny man,Walked out and to her said, I spose you want a book, my dear,That you have never read. And we have every kind of books;Our stock is quite a marvel.Now here is Janice… … BY LOUISE SLOET VAN <BORGH, AGE THE OLD BOOKS. BY HELEN JANET RIPLEY (AGE 14). Brave old books, all torn and tattered,Marked and thumbed, and ink-bespattered,You have lived a life of glory, and t is time thatyou should rest;You have made the time pass quicklyWhen outside the snow…
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