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Peter Newell, Independence Day in the Country

Posted by Marco on July 3rd, 2009

Old Billy ushers in the day when in the early morn
He winds a merry roundelay upon his crumpled horn.
Peter Newell, from Harper’s Young People, vol. XV, No. 766, 3 July 1894, p. 616.

Peter Newell, James and the Hat

Posted by Marco on July 1st, 2009

Instead of buying James a hoop with which to have some fun,
His father bought for him a hat to shield him from the sun!
Peter Newell, from Harper’s Young People, vol. XV, No. 767, 10 July 1894, p. 632. (Click for larger image.)