StNicholas [serial] . rait should be liker theman than the man himself. He is said to havebeen one of the first critics to appreciate Ruskin. But Dr. Browns masterpiece in literature isthe story Rab and his Friends. Rab was a greatmastiff owned by a carter. The narrative beginswith a dog-fight, and includes one of the mostpathetic incidents of human experience, told frombeginning to end with a delicate touch and a per-fect sympathy. Another story by him is almostequally famous —the tale of little Marjorie Flem-ing, the wonderful child, with her pretty waysand quaint ideas, which she wrote down
StNicholas [serial] . rait should be liker theman than the man himself. He is said to havebeen one of the first critics to appreciate Ruskin. But Dr. Browns masterpiece in literature isthe story Rab and his Friends. Rab was a greatmastiff owned by a carter. The narrative beginswith a dog-fight, and includes one of the mostpathetic incidents of human experience, told frombeginning to end with a delicate touch and a per-fect sympathy. Another story by him is almostequally famous —the tale of little Marjorie Flem-ing, the wonderful child, with her pretty waysand quaint ideas, which she wrote down some-times in rhyme and sometimes in amusing story of Rab is founded on fact, and that ofMarjorie is wholly true. The doctors early loveof Latin asserted itself when he gave his collectedwritings the title Horse Subsecivse, which inthe American edition is translated into SpareHours. He married a beautiful woman, andthey had a son and a daughter. The son, as amatter of course, received the name John eVainOhild JBy Emily Burt7 Though I still am rather little,Mother says that I am vain,For I like my ruffled dressesBetter than my ginghams plain. And she says I must outgrow itAnd not think about my clothes, So I 11 wear my gingham dressesAnd I 11 try to outgrow those. SHOWING OFF
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