Reads story after story, though the book is upside down.

M.D.B.




NOW, AND THEN.


"Well, well, well!" said grandmamma,
"Only to see the toys,--
The marvels of skill and of beauty,
That are made for these girls and boys!--
Velocipedes, acrobats, barrows,
And a dozen kinds of ball,
And the beautiful bows and arrows,
With quivers and belts and all;
And dolls, with an outfit from Paris,
With eyes that open and shut,
With jewelry worth a small fortune,
And six several bonnets,--_tut, tut!_

"My goodness! If Polly and Rachel,
Who played in old times with me,
In the corner down by the smoke-house,
These wonderful dolls could see!
Rachel's doll had a round head whittled
From a bit of soft pine wood;
And Polly's was only a corn-cob,