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angels ANIMALS Author baby bears beautiful BIBLE birds born bough bright BRITISH BROWNE cares cheerful child Christ Christmas clear cloth cold coloured comes CONTENTS Daisy delight Drawings earth English Engravings eyes face father Fcap feel feet flowers FRIENDS Frontispiece GILBERT gilt edges girl give glad green happy heart heaven HISTORY hope hour Illustrations interesting John keep KNOWLEDGE Lady Lady-bird LESSONS light live looks Miss moral morning MOTHER NATURE nest never night numerous plain play poor present pretty pure rest rocks SCENES Second Edition Series SHILLING SHORT simple sing sleep Small 4to snow song soon Spring STORIES street Summer sweet Tale TALES Teach thee Third thou thought thousand tree true volume wait WEIR wing Winter wood Written young
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