It was a hard-working and bustling place, but a loving and joyous one -- that kindergarten by Silver Street where I was working. I grew to knew all my eighty charges, for their fusses, their foibles, their tantrums and their trilling laughter. Then one day I was surprised to have someone knocking -- for admittance. A boy! -Kin yer take me in, Miss Kate?- said he. -My name's Patsy. I bin waitin' this yer long whiles fur to git in.- -Why, my dear little boy, - I said, gazing dubiously at him, -you're too -- big, aren't you? ...
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It was a hard-working and bustling place, but a loving and joyous one -- that kindergarten by Silver Street where I was working. I grew to knew all my eighty charges, for their fusses, their foibles, their tantrums and their trilling laughter. Then one day I was surprised to have someone knocking -- for admittance. A boy! -Kin yer take me in, Miss Kate?- said he. -My name's Patsy. I bin waitin' this yer long whiles fur to git in.- -Why, my dear little boy, - I said, gazing dubiously at him, -you're too -- big, aren't you? We have only tiny people here, you know, children not six years old.- -Well, I'm nine by the book, but I ain't more 'n scerce six along o' my losing them three year.- -What do you mean, child? How could you lose three years?- -I lost 'em on the back stairs, don't yer know. My father he got fightin' mad when he was drunk, and pitched me down two flights of 'em, and my back was most clean broke in two, so I couldn't git out o' bed forever -- till just now! Kin yer take me in, Miss Kate?
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Very Good. A later printing. Small octavo, bound in brown cloth and paper covered boards. Light edge wear at the spine ends and corners, else very good. Binding is solid.
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Very Good. Stated thirty-fourth thousand. Small octavo. Quarter cloth and illustrated paper over boards. Illustrated title, full page wood-engraved plates, and in-text vignettes. Owner's name repeated a couple of times, a bit of rubbing, very good.
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1889, Houghton
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Houghton
Published:
1889
Language:
English
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crack at spine inside light soiling to covers, chips at spine. Ends, light foxing.
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illustrated. Good. Book Tight binding, solid green illustrated cloth covered boards, some illustrations are hand-colored, presumably by a previous owner. All in all a charming book. Early printing.
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