Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 143
s nota luxury, but one of the necessities of life. — Henry Ward Beecher. This advice of one of our Wise Men is spe-cially good advice just now when the thoughtsof every one are turning to Christmas. Itpromises to be a Book Christmas as never be-fore, for in times like these, when so manyof our… … A Iwnk to caress—peculia?, distinctht^ individual* Do you remember what sweet DorothyWordsworth once wrote to her good friendColeridge: Yes, do you send me a book . . . not a bar-gain book bought from a haberdasher, but abeautiful book, a book to caress—peculiar, dis-tinctive, individual; a book…
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