A Cream Puff Earth Teaches Geography on Farm
Amy Smith recounts a field lesson with the Morris family in which Miss Harriet uses a cream puff analogy to explain Earth's crust, volcanism, and cooling. The story follows the children Ben Lizzie Etta Edward Blanch May Frankie and their governess during a sunlit afternoon by the brook as they learn geography through storytelling and imagination.
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Philadelphia Record
Morrises
Papa
Mamma Morris
Ben
Lizzie
Etta
Edward
Blanch
May
Frankie
Brookside
Harriet
Wee Frankie
Frank
Earth
Amy Smith
James the Frog Rescues Penelope in Fairy Tale
A cheerful green frog named James, urged by his wise mother, joins a fairy king and a silver armored fairy to rescue Princess Penelope who is lost in a water lily. James carries Penelope to safety after a boy in a boat accidentally grabs her lily. The court celebrates as Penelope chooses James’s rescuer and the princess marries, with James as best man.
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Chicago
Peter
James
Penelope
Fairy Court
Frog
Boyhood of Millais. Portrait of a child prodigy and artist
A New York Tribune piece recounts John Everett Millais as a child prodigy in 1839. It notes his early talent, school avoidance, and a dramatic rescue after a rival hung him from a window. Born 1829 in Jersey, he rose to Royal Academy prominence, later becoming a baronet and RA president before his 1896 death.
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Society of Arts
John Everett Millais
John Everett
Millais
Island of
Jersey
Johnny
William
National Gallery
Johnny” Millais
Royal Academy
Academy
Corot
Millet
Jack
Miller
Mr. Millais
Queen Victoria
St John Millais
Lord Leighton
St. Paul's Cathedral
Chinese Abacus and Exam Fables From Imperial Practice
Describes the abacus used in China with eleven upper sticks and five lower, counting methods for numbers like thirty seven. It notes rapid manual reckoning and strict examination cells where students are sealed in until tasks are finished, including a shoe lining disguise to cheat.
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China
Echo and the Owl Moral Tale of Vanity
A proud Owl in a French story claims his song outshines the night. The Echo and birds mock his pretensions as he earns exile, showing that vanity invites scorn and isolation.
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Perrin
Funny Little Lad With Echo Friend
A yellow haired boy sits on a fence and greets with hello. He finds other children's games bewildering and plays with anechoic echoes all day answering in deep mellow tones.
The King's Come Game Seated Shuffle Trick
A parlour game places many players around a room with one in the center who shouts Change seats, the king's come. Players swap only when the center says the phrase. The center may tell a tale, weave in change seats, and slyly declare The king's not come to trick some into leaping up.
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Button
Little Jim
Tim
Boyhood
New York Tribune
Echo and the Owl
Ororo
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