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Title: In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Poulsson, Emilie, 1853-1939 Bridgman, L. J. ill. (Lewis Jesse), 1857-1931, ill
Subjects: Kindergarten Education
Publisher: Springfield, Mass. : Milton Bradley
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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hecarried over her shoulder. Looking up, one could see a largestar which shed its silvery rays upon her. But the wondrous light that shone all about was not fromstar or moon or sun, but from a picture in her hand upon whichshe fixed her gaze. The picture was of a baby lying in a manger. Father Times eyes softened as he looked upon it, and his voicewas full of love as he said : Ah ! the best of days and the best ofgifts is yours, December. Fitting it is that you should be thelast and that the love and joy which you bear should be leftto the earth as the last memory of 1901. For so it shall be ;1901 shall stay no longer than to your last day. And now, friendsall, said Father Time, will you kindly form in a procession sothat each may know certainly when his turn will come? The twelve laden friends did as Father time requested andfiled slowly past him. He called their names as they went by,that there should be no mistake : (January, February, March,etc.) All were in their right places. m^
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FATHER TIMES PROCESSION. 1J7 138 IN THE CHILDS WORLD. The hour draws near, said Father Time. Hark ! it isstriking ! Here, January, take the little New Year in your arms.Farewell! And lo ! at the instant that the clock finished strik-ing the midnight hour, January and 1901 appeared upon theearth. And all the other friends laden with their beautiful gifts wentback into the Palace of the Future and are only awaiting theirturn to come and bless the earth with their bounty. EMILIE POULSSON. The Fairys New Year Gift Two little boys were at play one day when a fairy suddenly•Appeared to them and said: I have been sent to give you aNew Year present. She handed to each child a package, and, at the same instant,was gone. Carl and Philip opened the packages and found the same thingin each—a beautiful book with white pages, as pure, white, andbeautiful as the snow when it first falls. After a long time, the fairy came again to the boys. I havebrought you each a new book, she said, and will ta

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