I saw a cow the other day in the road, that wasn"t hitched. Susy said, "Go long goff, sir," but he didn"t, and then a man shoo-brauded him, and he went.
We had a dear little toady in the garden, and when I talked to him he winked. He had a nest in the flower-bed last summer.
I like to stay at grandma"s, so I can jump off of something. Mother won"t let us hunt for any eggs to Portland--"cause we haven"t any hens.
Horace was a captain to his men. He made me a sled. I had a new dress on the Christmas-tree, and a sugar basket.
I"ve got a bad cold, but Susy hasn"t. My head is all snuffed up.
When are you goin" to come home?
I haven"t seen Grace and Horace for so long! They went home after the baby died. G.o.d has got the baby up in heaven, but the _tired part_ of him is in the garden.
My father is "most crazy to see me. He is, truly; and when I say _truly_, I _can"t_ lie. He _said_ he wanted to see me so he was "most crazy, and he"s comin" to-night.
I s"pose he"ll bring me something, for I"ve been good. When I act cross, it"s "cause I don"t feel well.
Aunt Madge says to me I"ve wrote enough, and I"m tired. She"s wrote the letter, but I made it up.
I wish you a Merry Christmas! She asked me if I forgot to wish it, but I didn"t.
Good by.
From
PRUDY PARLIN.
SOPHIE MAY"S "LITTLE-FOLKS" BOOKS
DOTTY DIMPLE AT HER GRANDMOTHER"S
"Sophie May"s excellent pen has perhaps never written anything more pleasing to children, especially little girls, than "Dotty Dimple." If the little reader follows Dotty through these dozen chapters--from her visit to her grandmother to the swing under the trees--he or she will say: "It has been a treat to read about Dotty Dimple, she"s so cunning.""--_Herald of Gospel Liberty._
DOTTY DIMPLE OUT WEST
"Dotty"s trip was jolly. In the cars, where she saw so many people that she thought there"d be n.o.body left in any of the houses, she offers to hold somebody"s baby, and when it begins to cry she stuffs pop-corn into its mouth, nearly choking it to death. Afterwards, in pulling a man"s hair, she is horrified at seeing his wig come off, and gasps out,"Oh, dear, dear, dear, I didn"t know your hair was so tender!" Altogether, she is the cunningest chick that ever lived."--_Oxford Press._
DOTTY DIMPLE AT HOME
"This little book is as full of spice as any of its predecessors, and well sustains the author"s reputation as the very cleverest of all writers of this species of children"s books. Were there any doubt on this point, the matter might be easily tested by inquiry in half the households in the city, where the book is being revelled over."--_Boston Home Journal._
DOTTY DIMPLE AT SCHOOL
"Miss Dotty is a peremptory little body, with a great deal of human nature in her, who wins our hearts by her comic speeches and funny ways. She complains of being _bewitched_ by people, and the wind "blows her out," and she thinks if her comrade dies in the snow-storm she will be "dreadfully "shamed of it," and has rather a lively time with all her trials in going to school."--_New York Citizen._
DOTTY DIMPLE AT PLAY
""Charming Dotty Dimple," as she is so universally styled, has become decidedly a favorite with young and old, who are alike pleased with her funny sayings and doings. "Dotty at Play" will be found very attractive, and the children, especially the girls, will be delighted with her adventures."--_Boston Express._
DOTTY DIMPLE"S FLYAWAY
"This is the final volume of the "Dotty Dimple" Series. It relates how little Flyaway provisioned herself with cookies and spectacles and got lost on a little hill while seeking to mount to heaven, and what a precious alarm there was until she was found, and the subsequent joy at her recovery, with lots of quaint speeches and funny incidents."--_North American._
"A Little Red Riding-Hoodish story, sprightly and takingly told."--_American Farmer._
LITTLE FOLKS ASTRAY
"This is a book for the little ones of the nursery or play-room. It introduces all the old favorites of the Prudy and Dotty books, with new characters and funny incidents. It is a charming book, wholesome and sweet in every respect, and cannot fail to interest children under twelve years of age."--_Christian Register._
PRUDY KEEPING HOUSE
"How she kept it, why she kept it, and what a good time she had playing cook, and washerwoman, and ironer, is told as only Sophie May can tell stories. All the funny sayings and doings of the queerest and cunningest little woman ever tucked away in the covers of a book will please little folks and grown people alike."--_Press._
AUNT MADGE"S STORY
"Tells of a little mite of a girl, who gets into every conceivable kind of sc.r.a.pe and out again with lightning rapidity through the whole pretty little book. How she nearly drowns her bosom friend, and afterwards saves her by a very remarkable display of little-girl courage. How she gets left by a train of cars, and loses her kitten and finds it again, and is presented with a baby sister "come down from heaven," with lots of smart and funny sayings."--_Boston Traveller._
LITTLE GRANDMOTHER
"Grandmother Parlen when a little girl is the subject. Of course that was ever so long ago, when there were no lucifer matches, and steel and tinder were used to light fires; when soda and saleratus had never been heard of, but people made their pearl ash by soaking burnt crackers in water; when the dressmaker and the tailor and the shoemaker went from house to house twice a year to make the dresses and coats of the family."--_Transcript._
LITTLE GRANDFATHER
"The story of Grandfather Parlen"s little-boy life, of the days of knee breeches and c.o.c.ked hats, full of odd incidents, queer and quaint sayings, and the customs of "ye olden time." These stories of Sophie May"s are so charmingly written that older folks may well amuse themselves by reading them. The same warm sympathy with childhood, the earnest naturalness, the novel charm of the preceding volumes will be found in this."--_Christian Messenger._