Bad at Badminton!

Illustration:  Badminton.  From the story “The Extraordinary Adventures of Dicker and Me.”  PETER PIPER’S PEEP SHOW or All the Fun of the Fair.  Written by S. H. Hamer.  With Illustrations by Lewis Baumer and Harry B. Neilson.  Cassell And Company, Ltd.: London, Paris, New York & Melbourne. 1906.

“I HAD A COMFORTABLE SEAT ON THE WALL.”

 . . . and Dicker sat beside me.

Presently they began, and it was one of the funniest things I ever saw – to watch Augustus Ham jumping up and down trying to hit a shuttlecock; he couldn’t play the least little bit; why, even Major Porker couldn’t help smiling

 

From the story “The Extraordinary Adventures of Dicker and Me.”

PETER PIPER’S PEEP SHOW or All the Fun of the Fair.

Written by S. H. Hamer.

With Illustrations by Lewis Baumer and Harry B. Neilson.

Cassell And Company, Ltd.: London, Paris, New York & Melbourne. 1906.

 

 

The Great Black Cat!

Illustration:  Great Black Cat.  The Magical House of Zur.  By Mary Dickerson Donahey.  Barse & Hopkins: New York. 1914.

The great black cat stalked out in front of the little circle and told the story of “Puss in Boots.”

He turned his great yellow-green eyes upon the row of winged children and they all shivered with joy. To think of sitting up and hearing a cat tell a story!

He began at the beginning, and told the story of “Puss in Boots” as it had never been told before . . .

Illustration:  Great Black Cat.  The Magical House of Zur.  By Mary Dickerson Donahey.  Barse & Hopkins: New York. 1914.

The Magical House of Zur.

By Mary Dickerson Donahey.

Barse & Hopkins: New York. 1914.