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...naturalness and simplicity, is rarely met with. "Santa Claus' Deer," "Bertie's Dream," and "Rose Bud's Story," deserve particular mention. The second of these leaves nothing to be wished for in the way of simple and beautiful description, besides conveying the best of morals in a most attractive garb. "Santa Claus' Deer" is a happy thought, well worked up; while "Rose Bud's Story" inculcates an important doctrine of physics in a felicitous manner. "Bronco" is well written, and will appeal to the love of animals in many boys; but the colt of that name is made to perform...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: BOOK NOTICE. | 12/18/1874 | See Source »

...Colony of Connecticut for that purpose, lest in his youth he should imbibe that low craft and cunning so incident to the people of that country, and which are so interwoven in their constitution that they cannot conceal it from the world, though many of them, under the sanctified garb of religion, have attempted to impose themselves upon the world as honest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Brevities. | 6/19/1874 | See Source »

...robed the trees in freshest garb of green...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: AN INDIAN LEGEND. | 6/13/1873 | See Source »

Forth in its shining garb the myrtle stepped...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A VALENTINE. | 2/21/1873 | See Source »

...shadows come in garb of gray...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: DREAMS. | 1/24/1873 | See Source »

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