. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland . My doll, my doll, my Annabel,She s really feeling far from well!Her wig is gone, her eyes are out,Her legs are left somewhere about, Her arms were stolen by the pup,The hens ate all her sawdust up,So all that s really left of herIs just her clothes and character. 148 THE PHILOSOPHER. By Lucy Fitcii Let me make you acquainted with Mrs. OToole,Though she s had little learning, she s nobodys fool;She loves her fine geese, but when they are deadShe 11 comfort herself with a new feather bed. M9 * TWO FAVORITE STORIES FOR C
. The Bookshelf for boys and girls Little Journeys into Bookland . My doll, my doll, my Annabel,She s really feeling far from well!Her wig is gone, her eyes are out,Her legs are left somewhere about, Her arms were stolen by the pup,The hens ate all her sawdust up,So all that s really left of herIs just her clothes and character. 148 THE PHILOSOPHER. By Lucy Fitcii Let me make you acquainted with Mrs. OToole,Though she s had little learning, she s nobodys fool;She loves her fine geese, but when they are deadShe 11 comfort herself with a new feather bed. M9 * TWO FAVORITE STORIES FOR CHILDREN ] \ THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON The Swiss Family Robinson is not so fine a book asRobinson Crusoe, but it is interesting to young peoplenone the less. The author was a professor at Bern, thecapital of Switzerland. His name was Johann RudolfWyss, and he was born in 1781, and died in 1830. Hisstory, which is an imitation of Robinson Crusoe, wasfirst published in German in 1812, and was translatedinto English in 1820, since when numberless editionshave been published throughout the English-speakingworld. The Swiss Family Robinson is both interest-ing as a narrative of adventure and stimulating to allyoung readers who desire to use their brains to the bestadvantage and to cultivate quickness of decision andaction when in difficulty. Although the author makesmany s
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