Transcribed from the 1904 Gay and Bird edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org

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A VILLAGE
STRADIVARIUS

BY
KATE DOUGLAS WIGGIN

LONDON
GAY AND BIRD
1904

THIS STORY APPEARS IN
‘THE VILLAGE WATCHTOWER.’

All rights reserved

I

“Goodfellow, Puck and goblins,
Know more than any book.
Down with your doleful problems,
And court the sunny brook.
The south-winds are quick-witted,
The schools are sad and slow,
The masters quite omitted
The lore we care to know.”

Emerson’s April.