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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 241

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SHOPS in Japan are all so tiny and lookso much alike that it is difficult to tell at aglance just what kind of a shop each oneis. But all Japanese boys and girls know theconfectioners sign—the spiked ball—and just where to go whenever they wish sweets of anysort. The sign in this picture is on top… … By Edwin L. Sabin Some eve Id like to plant myselfBy boyhoods long-neglected shelf,Once more to ope those volumes wornWhich modern pages make forlorn ; Once more to let the moments speed With Optic, Castlemon, Mayne Reid ! The Boat-Club set, The White Chief there—Ah, these were books, I do declare…

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