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St. Nicholas (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 884

An illustration from St. Nicholas, 1873, leaf 884 — th when he was born, but, like all good Japan-ese, counted his age from the first New Yearsday of his life. So you will understand how muchthe people over there love New Years, whichcomes, like ours, on the first of January. But Ithink that our friend Jiro, together with the otherboys of Japan, was… … then! And I have no doubt that thelittle, olive-tinted, almond-eyed Alows look forward with as muchpleasure to that day as our boys doto the fourth of July. The littlegirls feel very much cast in the shade Vo^,: »J^V■■.:»»^

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