Fun and Earnest, Or, Rhymes with ReasonThe catcher caught -- Poor Rookey -- Mr. Fox -- The swallow's nest -- Farmer Greed -- Weasle's ferry -- Master Hardtoplease -- The magic lantern -- The two brothers -- The witch's bobbin -- To Cousin Tommy -- To the swallow -- A holiday to-morrow -- The winds -- The wild-beast show -- The organ-man and the monkey -- The walk to school -- Lily's ball -- The magic lantern -- A morning-hymn. |
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| Title | Fun and Earnest, Or, Rhymes with Reason Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood |
| Author | D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson |
| Illustrated by | Charles Henry Bennett |
| Publisher | Griffith and Farran, 1865 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 29 May 2007 |
| Length | 80 pages |
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