Eggs That Were Never Peacocks; Or Fables and Facts Designed to Teach Child-Wisdom

Title

en_US Eggs That Were Never Peacocks; Or Fables and Facts Designed to Teach Child-Wisdom

en_US Bertie and Amy Books

Description

en_US This is a hardbound book (hard cover)

en_US Frances Lee and Una Locke

Creator

en_US Lee, Frances See all items with this value

Contributor

en_US Seven

Date

2016-01-25T19:49:23Z

en_US 2006-01

en_US 1869

Date Available

2016-01-25T19:49:23Z

Date Issued

en_US 1869

Abstract

en_US This is a small volume (about 4 x 6) containing nineteen teaching stories on some 136 pages. The title-story introduces us to Hugo the peacock, who thinks that the farm, its barn, the family that works it, and all the other animals on the farm are there to admire and to serve him. The story thus begins as a delightful exercise in egocentrism. Soon enough, the story moves to Maude, who has laid her first peacock-eggs and wants to hatch them before blundering Hugo breaks them. Alas, first peacock-eggs never hatch! The final paragraphs of the story suggest any number of future events. The author rounds off this story with a lesson on God's care for every individual. The title-page had indicated, after all, that the book was published by Hitchcock and Walden's Sunday-School Department. The second story, Sour Grapes in a New Form (25), follows the lives of several flies in a New England home during spring; it urges Be content with such things as ye have. What a lovely gift!

Identifier

en_US 5798 (Access ID)

uri

http://hdl.handle.net/10504/81286

Language

en_US eng

Publisher

en_US NY: Carlton & Lanahan; Cincinnati: Hitchcock & Walden

en_US New York, NY

Subject

en_US BV4571.L44 1869 See all items with this value

en_US Frances Lee and Una Locke See all items with this value

en_US Title Page Scanned See all items with this value

Type

en_US Book, Whole