THE PUZZLED WRITER.
There lived in ancient ScribUßtown a wise old wi War man Whosi name was Homer Cicero Dem sthenes M'Cann. He'd written treatises and themes till, " for a change," he said, " I think I'll write a children's book before I go to bed." He pulled down all his musty tomes in Latin and in Greek; Con»ulted cyclopaedias and manuscripts antique, Essays on anthropology, studies in counterpoise — "Torthose,"he said, ''are useful lore for little girls and boys." H« scribbled hard, and scribbled fast, he burned tha midnight oil, And when he reached " The End" he felt rewarded for Yiis toil; He said, "This charming'children's book is greatly ■ to my credit." And now he's sorely puzzled that no child has ever read it. Carolyn Wells. --From St. Nicholas.
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Otago Witness, Issue 224, 28 May 1896, Page 51
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128THE PUZZLED WRITER. Otago Witness, Issue 224, 28 May 1896, Page 51
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