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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ... us to--a grocery store Here, on one side, were piled stacks upon stacks of wooden shoes. Some of them were very large. The Dutchmen make them in their idle hours, by scooping out the middle of soft wood, and bringing the front up to a sharp ridge. Some of them arc even carved and decorated. One would think these shoes would not wear out as soon as ours, but they do, and much more quickly. A boy can kick his heels and toes out in less than no time. But then they cost very little. A small pair can be bought for ten Dutch cents, or about six cents of our money, white a large pair costs from fifteen cents up. Think of buying a pair of shoes for fifteen cents After buying our shoes, or klompen. as the Dutch call them, wc were obliged to carry them around with us, hanging from our arms by a string. The children of Scheveningen stopped to look at us, pointed to the shoes, and thought it a great joke. On returning to the Hague, we got into a coupe with several Dutch women. We soon found nut that they, too, were laughing at us. They were very much amused when we told them wc were going to take the shoes to America with us. I sometimes watched the boys and girls in Rotterdam, to see if their heavy, awkward-looking shoes never fell off, especially when they went up and down stairs; but I never once saw such a thing happen. Elizabeth Jarkett. Andover, Mass. Dear St. Nicholas: I have read Little Lord Fauntleroy three times, and like it very much. I live near Boston, and went to see the play with my papa. I did not like it so well as the story. They left out the dinner party, and Little Lord Fauntleroy did n't sit on a cracker-barrel, and did n't ride on the pony, and there was n't any dog. Mr. Hobbs was all right. I am ten years old and...
| ISBN-13 | 9781153166065 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153166062 |
| Weight | 1.27 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.87 In |
| List Price | $31.82 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 392 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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