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Title: Tales of the Toys, Told by Themselves

Author: Frances Freeling Broderip

Illustrator: Tom Wood

Release Date: August 7, 2010 [EBook #33368]

Language: English

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TALES OF THE TOYS,

TOLD BY THEMSELVES.

BY

FRANCES FREELING BRODERIP.

AUTHOR OF "MY GRANDMOTHER'S BUDGET," "MERRY SONGS FOR LITTLE
VOICES," "MAMMA'S MORNING GOSSIPS," ETC.

With Illustrations by Tom Hood.

[Illustration]

LONDON:
GRIFFITH AND FARRAN,
(_Successors to Newbery and Harris._)
CORNER OF ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD.

MDCCCLXIX.

CONTENTS.

PAGE.
CHAPTER I.
INTRODUCTORY.--THE TURNING OUT OF THE TOY CUPBOARD 1

CHAPTER II.
THE HISTORY OF THE BALL; WITH THE STORY OF THE POOR WIDOW
WHO MADE IT 19

CHAPTER III.
THE HOOP'S ROUND OF ADVENTURES 33

CHAPTER IV.
THE FATE OF THE LEADEN TEA-THINGS 47

CHAPTER V.
THE MAKING OF THE KITE BY THE HOME CIRCLE 64

CHAPTER VI.
THE DOLL AND ALL HER MISTRESSES 79

CHAPTER VII.
THE TOY KITCHEN; AND ITS MAKER 98

CHAPTER VIII.
THE FATE OF THE SHUTTLECOCK 113

CHAPTER IX.
WHAT BECAME OF NOAH'S ARK AND ALL ITS BEASTS 129

CHAPTER X.
THE MARBLES AND THEIR PROCEEDINGS 142

CHAPTER XI.
WHY THE ROCKING HORSE RAN AWAY 159

CHAPTER XII.
THE MISHAP OF THE SKIPPING-ROPE 176

CHAPTER XIII.
THE HUMMING TOP'S HISTORY