[LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.]
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| The Pied Piper of Hamelin | [Frontispiece] |
| “‘Leave to go and see my wife, whom I call the Belle Aurore’” | [30] |
| “I galloped, Dirck galloped, we galloped all three” | [34] |
| “A rider bound on bound full galloping, nor bridle drew until he reached the mound” | [39] |
| “Hair, such a wonder of flix and floss” | [75] |
| “And full in the face of its owner flung the glove” | [95] |
[THE BOYS’ BROWNING.]
[THE PIED PIPER OF HAMELIN.]
A CHILD’S STORY.
I
Hamelin Town’s in Brunswick,
By famous Hanover city;
The river Weser, deep and wide,
Washes its wall on the southern side;
A pleasanter spot you never spied;
But, when begins my ditty,
Almost five hundred years ago,
To see the townsfolk suffer so
From vermin, was a pity.