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                  DUTTON'S 'SPARKLING' SERIES.

                        [Illustration]

                            AT THE
                           SEASIDE.

                         By Mrs Grey.

                          Verses by
                      Mrs Warner-Sleigh


E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, 39, WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK.




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    Georgie and Maudie came home from school,
      And each had got a prize;
    They had worked very hard, and tried to be good,
      For they wanted to grow up wise.

    And now behold them jumping for joy,
      And clapping their hands with glee,
    Because Mamma has promised them--
      They shall stay for a month by the sea.

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    So Nurse was told to pack their things,
      And put their toys together;
    Whilst Mamma went out and bought new clothes,
      Fit for any kind of weather.

    They took the train to Margate,
      And then a fly they hired,
    And drove straight to their lodgings,
      For they were a wee bit tired.

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    Next morn they got up early,--
      The day was bright and fine;
    So they dressed and had their breakfast,
      And were out by half-past nine.

    Ah! how they loved the crested waves,
      And what merry games they had,
    As they danced about bare-footed;
      They had never felt so glad.

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    Star fish and jelly fish they caught,
      Whilst of shells they had a store;
    There seemed no end to the pretty things
      They found upon the shore.

    They built huge castles up with sand,
      And dug around deep moats,
    Which they filled with pails of water,
      Then sailed their tiny boats.

    And sea-weeds of all colours
      Came floating in with the foam;
    They were wond'rous bright and beautiful,
      For they grew in the mermaid's home.

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    But the crabs they liked the least of all
      The fishes in the sea;
    For they pinched whenever they got a chance,--
      So the children let them be.

    One day they had a splendid treat:
      What it was you'd like to know;
    So look below at the picture,--
      For that, I think, will show.

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    They also went to a circus,
      And had a sail on the sea,
    And very often were allowed
      To ask their friends to tea.

    And many other things they did,
      Which I have not time to tell;
    Perhaps I will another day,
      So now I'll say, "Farewell."


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artistic manner. Every Book being printed in eight to ten different
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vulgarity,--the Publishers' aim being to furnish amusement, coupled with
refinement, for our dear little ones._

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                   DUTTON'S 'SPARKLING' SERIES.
                     Same Style as this Book.

                        MY PRETTY PET KID.
                      VISIT TO THE SEA SIDE.
                      LITTLE TOTTIE'S A B C.
              IN THE GARDEN AND OVER THE GARDEN WALL.
                     OUTSIDE THE GARDEN WALL.
                                  _TWENTY CENTS EACH._

                         *       *       *

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                  THE STORY OF WILLIAM AND DICK.
                      LITTLE TINY IN A BOOK.
              PICTURES AND RHYMES OF GRANDMA'S TIMES.
                   PINAFORE RHYMES AND PICTURES.
                       ALPHABET OF OBJECTS.
                     ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE.
                                  _TWENTY CENTS EACH._

                         *       *       *

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           Pretty Pictures with Rhymes for Little Ones.
        Innocent Pictures and Verses for Little Innocents.
    Pictures in this Book you'll see, for every Little Nursery.
             Pretty Pictures for Pretty Little People.
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           The Performing Dog.      Country Scenes.
                                  _TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH._

                         *       *       *

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                         Bound Toy Books.

          OLD TIME PICTURES & RHYMES.    FUN AND FROLIC.
          PICTURES AND RHYMES.           PLEASANT TIME PICTURES.
          A SUMMER IN THE COUNTRY.       IN TOWN AND COUNTRY.
                                  _TWENTY-FIVE CENTS EACH._

                         *       *       *

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               Ten Little Niggers.
               Little Red Riding Hood.
               Cock Robin's Death and Burial.
               Children's Cinderella.
                                  _TWENTY CENTS EACH._

                         *       *       *

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        _Quarto size. Six kinds. Seven Colored Plates, viz._--

               DAISY DARLING'S RHYMES.
               LITTLE CINDERELLA.
               FARMER BOY'S ALPHABET.
               MISS BARBARA BRIGHT.
               THE THREE KITTENS.
               LITTLE FREDDY.
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                         *       *       *

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 _Railway A B C._   _The Goldfinch & Linnet._   _Under Garden Window._
                                  _TWELVE CENTS EACH._

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                   From Designs by HARRISON.

            THE PRINCE AND THE FAIRY.
            GRANDMA'S NURSERY RHYMES.
            RHYMES AND JINGLES, WITH NOVEL PICTURES.

                         *       *       *

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       OLD MOTHER HUBBARD.       DAME BANTRY & HER CAT.
       COCK ROBIN.               WHITTINGTON & HIS CAT.
       SAD FATE OF COCK ROBIN.   STEAMBOAT A B C.
       THE THREE LITTLE PIGS.    RED RIDING HOOD.
                                  _TEN CENTS EACH._

                         *       *       *

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          Each Quarto Crown. Illustrations and Rhymes
                   by M. A. C. and E. O. A.
                                  _ONE DOLLAR EACH._

_Single copies sent by the Publishers, on receipt of Price, anywhere
                 in the United States or Canada._


E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY, 39, WEST TWENTY-THIRD STREET, NEW YORK.