The Children and the Pictures
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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: Heinemann Subjects: Painting Art Art appreciation Painting, English Painting, Modern Art / General Art / Criticism Art / History / General Art / European Art / Individual Artist Art / Techniques / Painting Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / Pa...
MoreGeneral Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1907 Original Publisher: Heinemann Subjects: Painting Art Art appreciation Painting, English Painting, Modern Art / General Art / Criticism Art / History / General Art / European Art / Individual Artist Art / Techniques / Painting Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / General Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / Painting Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: CHAPTER II " Who are thy Playmates, bay ? " " My favourite is Joy, tAnd he his sister "Peace doth bring to play, The livelong day. I love her well, but he Is most to me." J. B. TABB ]HEN Clare woke next morning it was almost time to rise. She could guess the hour by the wan light of a wintry sunbeam touching the inner edge of her window curtains, and the sound of housemaids stirring in the house. There lay the grapes by her bedside that her Mother had brought for her to find on waking. She put out her hand for these, and gradually as she lay there, there came back upon her remembrance, the strange experience of last night. Had she dreamed it ? If so, it was a vivid dream. How sincerely she hoped not. " Because if I'vedreamt it I shan't be able to go on with it and, if it really happened, there is no reason why I shouldn't see all the others, and what fun that might be. I should ask what it was Fieldmouse had just told Rob that made his eyes so round and shining, and what it is makes dear Miss Ross so sad, and I should ask how long Kitty Fischer has had her doves, and if they lay eggs all through the winter like Mummie's; and ..." " Clare ! d'epeche toi, ma mignonne, voyons, voyons, voyons; " and Mademoiselle entered the room concerned to find Clare still in her nightgown, and dawdl...
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