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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 212

An illustration from St. Nicholas [serial], 1873, leaf 212 — changed to the dark color of summer. There is thesmell of fresh plowed earth in the air, and in many fieldsare seen the straining horses and shouting farmer. Underfoot the flowers are springing into bloom ; the hepatica,violet, and Trillium line the woods. Here and there is a THE LAST DAYS OF… … patch of May-flowers, their waxy blooms shining in thewarm sunlight. The detested shoes and stockings have been stripped off,and the white feet are becoming tanned. In the school-room little work is done; the boys lounge in their seats,looking out of the open window, thinking of the goodfishing…

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