More Mittens; with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories

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Fanny Aunt. More Mittens; with The Doll's Wedding and Other Stories

A LETTER. FROM AUNT FANNY

THE DOLL'S WEDDING

WHAT CAME OF GIPSYING; OR, Think before you Act

THE CHILD HEROINE

AUNT MARY

LITTLE PETER

THE STORY TOLD TO WILLIE

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One day, Alice came home from school, and opening her drawer, to put away her things, she saw a letter lying on the very top of a pile of pantalets.

"Why, who can this be for?" said she, in a tone of delighted surprise. "Is it for me, mamma?"

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"Oh, dear!" cried Alice, "what a splendid silver cake-basket! and here is a knife, fork, and spoon, and, goody! just see these other spoons, with her name on them, how very arittoscratic."

Between you and me, little reader, the basket, and knife, fork and spoon, were silver – made of pewter; but there were, besides, six "darling little spoons," that were really silver, which had been given to Lily by her aunt; and Lily had presented them to her doll, the bride.

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