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Young Folks' Treasury, Volume 2 (of 12)

By Hamilton Wright Mabie

2020-11-24 18:31:30

One evening, in times long ago, old Philemon and his wife Baucis sat at their cottage door watching the sunset. They had eaten their supper and were enjoying a quiet talk about their garden, and their cow, and the fruit trees on which the pears and a ... Read more
One evening, in times long ago, old Philemon and his wife Baucis sat at their cottage door watching the sunset. They had eaten their supper and were enjoying a quiet talk about their garden, and their cow, and the fruit trees on which the pears and apples were beginning to ripen. But their talk was very much disturbed by rude shouts and laughter from the village children, and by the fierce barking of dogs. "I fear," said Philemon, "that some poor traveler is asking for a bed in the village, and that these rough people have set the dogs on him." Less

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PublisherPublic Domain Book
LanguageEnglish
ISBN978-1546736318
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Hamilton Wright Mabie
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Hamilton Wright Mabie, A.M., L.H.D., LL.D. (December 13, 1846 – December 31, 1916) was an American essayist, editor, critic, and lecturer. He was born at Cold Spring, N. Y. in 1846. Mabie was the...

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