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Title: Samantha at the World's Fair

Author: Marietta Holley

Illustrator: Baron C. De Grimm

Release Date: April 1, 2006 [EBook #18091]

Language: English

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[Illustration: The minute we passed the gate we wuz overwhelmed
with the onspeakable aspect of the buildin's.--_See page_ 226.]

SAMANTHA

AT THE WORLD'S FAIR

BY

JOSIAH ALLEN'S WIFE

(MARIETTA HOLLEY)

_ILLUSTRATED_
BY
BARON C. DE GRIMM

_PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES_

=New-York=
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY
London and Toronto
1893

Copyright, 1893, by the
FUNK & WAGNALLS COMPANY.

[Registered at Stationer's Hall, London, England.]

TO

=Columbia--=

WHO HAS JEST SAILED OUT AND DISCOVERED
WOMAN. AND TO THE SECT DISCOVERED--

_THIS BOOK IS DEDICATED_.

PREFACE.

It wuz a beautiful evenin' in Jonesville, and the World. The Earth wuz
a-settin' peaceful and serene under the glowin' light of a full moon and
some stars, and I sot jest as peaceful and calm under the meller light
of our hangin' lamp and the blue radiance of my companion's two orbs.

Two arm-chairs covered with handsome buff copper-plate wuz drawed up on
each side of the round table, that had a cheerful spread on't, and a
basket of meller apples and pears.

Dick Swiveller, our big striped pussy-cat (Thomas J. named him), lay
stretched out in luxurious ease on his cushion, a-watchin' with
dignified indulgence the gambollin' of our little pup dog. He is young
yet, and Dick looked lenient on the innocent caperin's of youth.

Dick is very wise.

The firelight sparkled on the clean hearth, the lamplight gleamed down
onto my needles as I sot peaceful a-seamin' two and two, and the same
radiance rested lovin'ly on the shinin' bald head of my pardner as he
sot a-readin' his favorite production, the _World_.

All wuz relapsted into silence, all wuz peace, till all to once my
pardner dropped his paper, and s