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A collection of brief, whimsical stories for children in which youngsters encounter fairies, enchanted objects, and tiny helpers who solve ordinary troubles with magic and playful mischief. Episodes include a tearful child carried to a dreamland where a wishing key unleashes smiles, a girl aided by shoemaker fairies who provide perfect slippers, and a Halloween tale about tattling and consequences. Each vignette mixes gentle moral lessons with jaunty verse, light humor, and colorful illustrations, emphasizing imagination, kindness, and courage while wrapping everyday worries in fantastical, reassuring resolutions.

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Title: The Box of Smiles, and Other Stories

Author: Laura Rountree Smith

Illustrator: Florence Mae Pettee

Release date: January 20, 2022 [eBook #67207]
Most recently updated: October 18, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Whitman Publishing Co, 1920

Credits: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

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THE WITCH DROPPED IN TWO STRAWS FROM HER BROOM (See page 32)

The Box of Smiles

(AND OTHER STORIES)

By LAURA ROUNTREE SMITH
ILLUSTRATIONS BY F. M. PETTEE

Whitman Publishing Co.
RACINE, WISCONSIN

COPYRIGHT 1920 BY
Whitman Publishing Co.
RACINE, WISCONSIN