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       Literary # Fishy-Winkle

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THE DUMPY BOOKS

FOR CHILDREN

29\. Fishy-Winkle

The Dumpy Books for Children

CLOTH, ROYAL 32mo, 1/6 EACH

1\. The Flamp.

2\. Mrs. Turner’s Cautionary Stories.

3\. The Bad Family.

4\. The Story of Little Black Sambo.

5\. The Bountiful Lady.

6\. A Cat Book.

7\. A Flower Book.

8\. The Pink Knight.

9\. The Little Clown.

10\. A Horse Book.

11\. Little People: An Alphabet.

12\. A Dog Book.

13\. The Adventures Of Samuel and Selina.

14\. The Little Girl Lost.

15\. Dollies.

16\. The Bad Mrs. Ginger.

17\. Peter Piper’s Practical Principles.

18\. Little White Barbara.

19\. The Japanese Dumpy Book.

20\. Towlocks and His Wooden Horse.

21\. The Three Little Foxes.

22\. The Old Man’s Bag.

23\. The Three Goblins.

24\. Dumpy Proverbs.

25\. More Dollies.

26\. Little Yellow Wang-lo.

27\. Plain Jane.

28\. The Sooty Man.

29\. Fishy-Winkle.

A Cloth Case to contain Twelve Volumes can be had, price 2s. net; or the First Twelve Volumes in Case, price £1 net.

London: GRANT RICHARDS,

48, Leicester Square.

Fishy-Winkle

BY

Jean C. Archer

Author of “Samuel and Selina”

ILLUSTRATED

IN COLOURS

London:

GRANT RICHARDS

1903

CHAPTER I.

Mistress O’Hara lives down by the sea,

A skittish and beautiful widow is she;

She has black shiny tresses, and curly buff toes,

And a heavenly tilt to the tip of her nose!

She has three little children, the eldest is four

(Nurse says he is naughty enough to be more);

The Twins are dear dumplings, and they and their brother

Are always in scrapes—

Of one kind, or another.

This morning poor Mistress O’Hara looks blue,

As indeed she has every reason to do;

For the third time this week Nurse has come in to say,

“If you…

  

 

  

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