Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 485
to impress me•especially. The end was so beautiful, so real, it seemed asthough it would not have been right to close the storyin any other way. Many stories are not so. 1 felt such pity for the spirit childs mother whenshe came back to her home, and I longed to comfort her as thoughshe were beside… … time I found something new and interesting revealingitself. My books are to me what some pets are to theirowners ; and I always hate to ill-use a book, for itseems to feel every touch, whether careless or gentle. THE LAND OF ROMANCE. BY NEILL C. WILSON (AGE 17).(Honoi Member.) Sing me a song of the…
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