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ADVERTISEMENT. 



WE must tell our little readers something about 

 this number of their Library. It was sent to us by 

 a very kind old uncle of ours, who, when we were 

 young, was so much from home, visiting various 

 places in the world, that we do not remember seeing 

 him very often at that period. At last, the old man, 

 finding that he could not bear fatigue as he had 

 done when young, determined to come home ; and 

 we had heard so much about him that we were quite 

 anxious to see him. He came to our house one 

 evening, and appeared rather odd to us ; but he was 

 so good-natured, and told us so many curious things, 

 that we soon forgot his odd appearance. 



The old gentleman brought home with him a very 

 large number of books, and a great many strange 

 things which he had gathered in his travels, such as 

 stones, and dried insects, and leaves, and flowers, 

 and stuffed birds, and animals. He did not stay 

 with us long, but went to the village where he was 



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