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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 491

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mourn over some of HansChristian Andersens fairy tales; particularlythose that told about the poor little lark dying ofthirst in its cage, and singing to the daisy thatpitied it, and of the little child whom the angel 359 360 BOOKS AND READING [Feb., took up to heaven, and who brought with himthe… … All the same, andthough it is certainlytruethat you get this almostunaccountable happinessout of being made un-happy, yet we all enjoyenormously being madeto laugh. And fortu-nately there are any num-ber of books and storiesthat give us plenty ofchance to laugh to ourhearts content, if wechoose. I…

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