Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 655
phewwho wrote the best story. Stevensons was notthe best, and so he did not get the prize, buthis uncle gave him an extra prize because itwas so good for his age. 493 THE LIGHTHOUSE-BUILDER S SON. [April, You will notice that Stevenson dictated his History; he did not write it himself. Thatwas… … HIS pretty young mother read him stories. said that he lived in a Land of Story-books.He loved poetry, too, and tells us that he re-members, when he was very little, repeatingthese lines over and over for their music: In pastures green Thou leadest me,The quiet waters by. When he did read for…
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