. St. Nicholas [serial]. The cabinet is tenanted byso many dolls, collected by Mrs. Burnett in thecourse of her travels, that she says she hasreally forgotten the number. And the chil-dren whom she invites to explore this treasure-house are critics whose verdict she heeds farmore than that of the book reviewers. Rack-etty-Packetty House is the story—Queen Sil-ver-Bell of course tells it—of a delightful fam-ily of lovable children and two families ofdolls—dolls as real as if they were real peopleand ever so much more interesting than mostpeople. And no wonder, for Mrs. Burnett can makeany story
. St. Nicholas [serial]. The cabinet is tenanted byso many dolls, collected by Mrs. Burnett in thecourse of her travels, that she says she hasreally forgotten the number. And the chil-dren whom she invites to explore this treasure-house are critics whose verdict she heeds farmore than that of the book reviewers. Rack-etty-Packetty House is the story—Queen Sil-ver-Bell of course tells it—of a delightful fam-ily of lovable children and two families ofdolls—dolls as real as if they were real peopleand ever so much more interesting than mostpeople. And no wonder, for Mrs. Burnett can makeany story interesting and she can make a storyout of anything or nothing: for instance, asshe said once, a fly on the ceiling—where itcame from, how it reached there, its journeys,its adventures; or the ivy that creeps silentlyup the wall and one day peeps into your win-dow. There is no such magic teller of talesfor children now writing, and the fairy-storieswhimsically put into Queen Silver-Bells mouthprove it yet [SentFree
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