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Title: The Wonders of a Toy Shop

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: March 15, 2008 [EBook #24834]

Language: English

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THE
WONDERS
OF A
TOY
SHOP.

New-York:
J. Q. PREBLE.

J. W. ORR NEW YORK.

WONDERS

OF

A TOY-SHOP.

[Illustration: TOY WAREHOUSE.]

"Pray, what would you like?" said a Toyman, one day,
Addressing a group of young folks,
"I have toys in abundance, and very cheap, too,
Though not quite so cheap as my jokes.

"Here's a famous managerie, full of wild beasts;
See! this lion with wide open jaws,
Enough to affright one, and yet I've no doubt,
You might venture to play with his claws.

[Illustration]

"Here's a tiger as tame as a lap-dog, you'll find,
And a fox that will not steal the geese:
So here you must own the old adage is proved,
That wonders are never to cease."

"Here's wagon well laden, and here is a dray,
With horses and harness complete;
You can drive them in parlour and drawing-room, too,
As easily as in the street.

[Illustration]

"Here's a whole file of soldiers, quite ready for fight,
And each of them armed with a gun;
You may knock them all down with a feather, and then
You may pocket them--every one.

"Here's a fine stud of horses, which, strange though it sounds,
Live neither on corn nor on hay;
A gentleman's carriage, and tilbury, too,
For which we've no taxes to pay.

[Illustrat