e rest and freedom from care
has been a real holiday to me. But I _am_ so glad to get home once more,
indeed, I believe one of the great blessings in going away lies in the
pleasure of coming back; and all looks so fresh and bright, it is like a
new house!"

"Mamma, Mamma," cried Florry, eagerly, "we have found all the old toys
we thought we had lost! There was a cupboard in the nursery, which Nurse
says she had lost the key of for a long while--and she thought it was
empty. Do come and see, Celia; there's your old doll, and the
skipping-rope, and all Harry's marbles, besides the big kite, and such a
lot of things." "Oh!" said Celia, clapping her hands and dancing round
the room, "it's like Ali Baba's hoard of riches, and Frank says it's a
regular treasure of Toys!"

[Illustration]

WERTHEIMER, LEA AND CO., PRINTERS, FINSBURY CIRCUS.

Transcriber's notes:
1. Extensive normalisation of " (used for direct speech) and '
(used for speech-within-speech).
2. Corrected "could'nt" to "couldn't".
3. Replaced "roley poley" with "roley-poley" for consistency.
4. Corrected "surburban" to "suburban".
5. Corrected "I can, myself remember" to "I can myself remember"
(superfluous comma).
6. Corrected "and done her hair." to "and done her hair?"
(? missing in original)
7. Corrected "usually termed 'Jean'" to "usually termed 'Jean,'"
(comma missing in original)
8. Corrected "lovedher" to "loved her".
9. Corrected "wont" to "won't".
10. Corrected "the fellow to he" to "the fellow to ye".
11. Corrected "Mrs. Spencer's" to "Mrs. Spenser's" (typo 3x).
12. Corrected "The Story of the Leaden Tea-things" (ToC) to "The
Fate of the Leaden Tea-things" (used in text).
13. Corrected "The Toy Kitchen and its Maker" (ToC) to "The Toy
Kitchen; and its Maker" (used in text).
14. Corrected "pantomine" to "pantomime" (typo).
15. Corrected "belonging" to "belonged" (typo).
16. Corrected "is'nt" to "isn't".
17. Corrected "such a lot of things. Oh!" to "" such a lot of
things." "Oh!" (change of speaker).
18. Changed for consistency: playbox to play-box, kindhearted to
kind-hearted, goodnatured to good-natured, "penn'orth"
to "pennorth".
19. Corrected "drivin" to "drivin'".
20. Corrected "hav'nt" to "haven't".

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