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More Mittens; with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories / Being the third book of the series

Chapter 11: Transcriber's Note:
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About This Book

A lively assortment of short tales for children presents domestic amusements, small adventures, and whimsical incidents drawn from everyday family life. Individual narratives include playful episodes such as a doll's imaginative wedding, tense scenes of danger and rescue aboard a steamboat, and comical mischief surrounding a curious little boy. Recurring themes are childhood innocence, courage, sibling and parental affection, and gentle moral instruction delivered without didacticism. The voice is warm and conversational, mixing narrative sketches, letters, and anecdotes aimed at entertaining and reassuring young readers.

Transcriber's Note:

Punctuation has been standardised. Other changes to the original publication have been made as follows:

Contents
WHAT CAME OF GIPSEYING changed to
WHAT CAME OF GIPSYING

Page   35
The first mouthfull tasted changed to
The first mouthful tasted

Page   38
mattrasses never," and here poor changed to
mattresses never," and here poor

Page   59
shore with a look so pitrous changed to
shore with a look so piteous

Page   95
Let's both go up stairs changed to
Let's both go up-stairs

Page 132
with a hole in it—hav'nt I changed to
with a hole in it—haven't I

Page 152
surpise, to see Reynard changed to
surprise, to see Reynard