Identifier: islandstorychild00mars (find matches)
Title: An island story; a child's history of England
Year: 1906 (1900s)
Authors: Marshall, H. E. (Henrietta Elizabeth), 1867-1941
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Publisher: New York, Frederick A. Stokes Company (Edinburgh, Printed by T. and A. Constable
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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CHARLES THE KING WALKED FOR THE LAST TIME THROUGH THESTREETS OP LONDON ANISLAND STORY A CHILDS HISTORY OF ENGLANDBY H. E. MARSHALL WITH PICTURES BY A. S. FORREST ■/>^l >N X dB^ti ? (je^T \ B^^;k, ^ il^^^l O^ ^^^^ I m ^«-..v.-« ^^^llB\ B HIIHHiP xNEW YORK FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY PUBLISHERS ^7 Edinburgh : Printed by T. and A, Constabi.K )f Lt HOW THIS BOOK CAME TO BE WRITTEN What a funny letter, Daddy, said Spen, as he lookedat the narrow envelope which had just arrived, andlistened to the crackle of the thin paper. * Do you think so ? said Daddy. It is from home. From home! said Spen, laughing, why. Daddy,this is home. I mean from the old country, Spen. The old country. Daddy? said Veda, leaving herdolls and coming to lean against her fathers knee, theold country ? What do you mean ? 1 mean the little island in the west to which webelong, and where I used to live, said Daddy. But this is an island, a great big one, Mother says,so how can we belong to a little island ? askislandstorychild00mars

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