Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 37
uman figureas possible, with eyes of bits ofpearly shell, inlaid. Some ofthem are twelve or eighteeninches tall, but most of themare six or eight inches only. Asto the manner of playing with ^gg*Jthem, I suppose the Eskimoboys play seal-catching, bear-hunting, sledge-riding, and dog-training ; and… … of playthings in their homes, that seem to us so dreary. Our own toy-shops have all the wonders of Euro-pean make, but the kinds weinvent ourselves are mostly me-chanical toys,—creeping dolls,bears that perform, horsementhat drive furiously, boatmenthat row, steam cars that go;and we have a…
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