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HANS BRINKER; OR, THE SILVER SKATES.

None had better cause to know the nature of these same dikes than Dame Brinker and the panting youngsters now running at her call. But, before stating why, let me ask you to take a rocking-chair trip with me to that far country, where you may see, perhaps for the first time, some curious things that Hans and Gretel saw every day.