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Boys and Girls Bookshelf; a Practical Plan of Character Building, Volume I (of 17)

Volume 1 — THE LITTLE KITTENS’ SURPRISE

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i. “now kitties, lie down and go to sleep.”

ii. “what’s that noise? see! a mouse tail!”

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iii. they make a dash for the door, and—

begin to pull.

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now, “all together!”—

but this is what it was.

Teds foolish wish
Teds foolish wish
Nonsense Rhyme
Nonsense Rhyme
Timothy Trundle
Timothy Trundle
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an unwelcome guest

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playmates from photographs by harry w. frees

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more playmates from photographs by harry w. frees

A Dream of Glory
A Dream of Glory
Pictures
Pictures

Top: doggie:——“don’t you know that it’s dangerous to sit on the third rail?” chorus of bunnies:——“may be, but at present it doesn’t seem nearly so dangerous as some places we know of.”

Bottom: father owl to mr. woodpecker:——“hey! who’s that knocking out there? don’t you know better than to disturb our day’s rest? call again at a reasonable hour.”

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THE REUNION OF THE BRUIN FAMILY AT THE SEA SHORE.

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Top: “now, children, this is one of the greatest and most dangerous temptations you will ever meet. i will show you how it works so that you may remember and always avoid it.”

THE BABY MICE ARE INSTRUCTED BY THEIR FOND PAPA

Bottom: and it worked finely!

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ROLY POLY ON VACATION drawn by culmer barnes

Top: conductor: “all aboard for the jungle! step lively, please! both gates!”

Bottom: the three giraffe boys: “come on in, roly poly, we’re dying for a swim, but the water isn’t deep enough.”

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