. St. Nicholas [serial]. and treas-ures of the people of long ago, among them theprecious toys of children. Thus we have found outthat the little people of the island of Cyprus, in theMediterranean, who lived three thousand yearsago, had toys of terra cotta, figures of animals, ofhorses on platforms which ran on four terra cottawheels, with riders of curious form, some on theirknees, and others holding in each arm a large jar;donkeys with panniers, two-wheeled vehicles likeour drays, and chariots with horses and they had a representation of some game,—whether of child or man,—seve
. St. Nicholas [serial]. and treas-ures of the people of long ago, among them theprecious toys of children. Thus we have found outthat the little people of the island of Cyprus, in theMediterranean, who lived three thousand yearsago, had toys of terra cotta, figures of animals, ofhorses on platforms which ran on four terra cottawheels, with riders of curious form, some on theirknees, and others holding in each arm a large jar;donkeys with panniers, two-wheeled vehicles likeour drays, and chariots with horses and they had a representation of some game,—whether of child or man,—several figures withjoined hands, dancing around one standing still;perhaps some antique play of Oats, pease,beans. There were also figures shaped like ajumping-jack, a mother with a baby in her arms,and, above all, dolls of all sizes and shapes, andall with smilingfaces. To be ^tsure we can IJ. \, : , •not be certainthat these werethe playthingsof children,—the learned ex-plorer calls ,them stat-uettes, and 11i>1. THE AFRICAN BABY AND HIS RATTLE-BOX. other names,—but the) are certainly very suitablefor the youngsters, and all of you who live in, or Pulpit, June, 1877. l879-] PLAYTHINGS. 15 visit, New York, can see them any day at theMetropolitan Museum. If they were not toys, theyought to have been. The ancient little Egyptian, three or four thou-sand years ago, had dolls, painted to representclothes, with arms and legs moving on pins bymeans of strings, so that if they could nt take offtheir clothes, they could move about. Some werevery rude, without limbs, and for hair they had thickand long strings of beads. They had also figureswashing, or kneadingbread, which could beworked by pullingstrings, and crocodileswhich would open theirmouths by the samemeans. The BritishMuseum has quite acollection of ancientEgyptian toys; ballscovered with leather,foot-balls, marbles, smallfish, and other of the balls arestuffed with bran orhusks, others are madeof rushes,
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