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Title: The Diving Bell
Or, Pearls to be Sought for

Author: Francis C. Woodworth

Release Date: August 20, 2005 [EBook #16560]

Language: English

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[Illustration: THE FOX AND THE CRAB.]

UNCLE FRANK'S BOYS' & GIRLS' LIBRARY,

BY

FRANCIS C. WOODWORTH,
EDITOR OF WOODWORTH'S YOUTH'S CABINET.

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THE DIVING BELL;

OR,

PEARLS TO BE SOUGHT FOR.

With Tinted Illustrations.

BY UNCLE FRANK,

AUTHOR OF "A PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS," "WILLOW LANE STORIES,"
"THE DIVING BELL," ETC. ETC.

BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO. PUBLISHERS.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1851, by
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of
Massachusetts.

CONTENTS.

THE NAME OF MY BOOK 7
THINKING AND LAUGHING 16
THE SCHEMING SPIDER 31
GENIUS IN THE BUD 46
PUTTING ON AIRS 64
"TRY THE OTHER END" 80
THE FOX AND THE CRAB 97
THE GREEDY FLY 101
CAROLINE AND HER KITTEN 104
"I DON'T KNOW" 119
THE LEARNED GEESE 125
THE WRONG WAY 131
THE RIGHT WAY 135
THE OLD GOAT AND HIS PUPIL 140
ON BARKING DOGS 147

ILLUSTRATIONS.

THE FOX AND THE CRAB (Frontispiece)
VIGNETTE TITLE-PAGE 1
THE SPIDER'S INVITATION 30
THE SPIDER'S TRIUMPH 41
KATE AND HER TUTOR 72
MY PRETTY KITTEN 109
THE LEARNED GEESE 124
THE OLD GOAT AND HIS PUPIL 141

I.

THE NAME OF MY BOOK.

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The reader, perhaps, as he turns over the first pages of this volume,
is puzzled, right at the outset, with the meaning of my title, _The
Diving Bell_. It is plain enough to Uncle Frank, and possibly it is to
you; but it may not be; so I will tell you what a diving bell is, a