. Dame Truelove's tales; or, Useful lessons for little misses and masters : and ornamented with appropriate engravings. k it would havebeen thrown away, for I dearly lovebooks, Master Harry, but alack-a-day,I have no time for reading. THE BALLOON. I have no doubt that the twogentlemen gone up with the Balloon,when they were little boys like you,spent the greatest part of their timein learning their lessons, and readingsuch books as were given to them;and so they got on from little booksto large ones, till they grew up to beyoung men, and then they found outthis wonderful way of paying a visitt
. Dame Truelove's tales; or, Useful lessons for little misses and masters : and ornamented with appropriate engravings. k it would havebeen thrown away, for I dearly lovebooks, Master Harry, but alack-a-day,I have no time for reading. THE BALLOON. I have no doubt that the twogentlemen gone up with the Balloon,when they were little boys like you,spent the greatest part of their timein learning their lessons, and readingsuch books as were given to them;and so they got on from little booksto large ones, till they grew up to beyoung men, and then they found outthis wonderful way of paying a visitto the clouds. Who knows,1 MasterHarry, if you are not an idle younggentleman, but mind your lessonsrather than spend all your time inplay—who knows, I say, what won-derful thing you may one day findout. THE BALXOOIf. Harry was much delighted at thethought of being a man of learning,and as the Balloon was now out ofsight, ran home to his Papa to ask adozen or two of questions; and lit-tle Harriet was glad the great crea-ture was gone, for she could not helpbeing afraid that it would fall uponher head. JVztie Puis. KIKE-PINS, Pray, nurse, asked Mrs. May-nard, where are the children? NURSE. They are playing very quietly withMaster Williams Nine-pins, Maam;I shall go for them by and by to takea walk—we shall go as far as the vil-lage; that dear little Miss Mary,though she is only four years old,has wrapped up her old shoes in a 10 NINE-PINS. paper, as neatly as I could have doneit, and is going to take them to Fan-ny for her little girl; you cannotthink, Maam, how happy she is,that you gave her leave to do so 5and Miss Frances, who likes to do asher sister does, has got her giftready.—The dear creature wantedto carry her coral necklace to Fanny!however, we have found two oldnight-caps, of which she has alsomade up her little parcel. MRS. MAYNARD. I am very happy to hear that mychildren are so good, but I am much NINE-PIXS. 11 afraid if William comes home, andfinds them at
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