An edition of The lively city o' Ligg (1899)

The lively city o' Ligg

a cycle of modern fairy tales for city children

The lively city o' Ligg
Gelett Burgess, Gelett Burgess
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An edition of The lively city o' Ligg (1899)

The lively city o' Ligg

a cycle of modern fairy tales for city children

Inanimate objects have a life their own in the city o' Ligg.

Publish Date
Language
English
Pages
219

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Table of Contents

Preface: The cidivation of inanimate things
The terrible train
The runaway chairs
The three elevators
The very grand piano
The pert fire engine
The insane battery
The hilarious hansom
The steamboat and the locomotive
The bothersome brig
The house who walked in her sleep
The bold balloon
The lazy lampposts
The bicycle's family
The flying stable
The blind camera
The bumptious bridge
The eccentric loom.

Edition Notes

Plates colored by Harvey Ellis.

Reproduction of the original from the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature, George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida.

Published in
New York
Series
Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood, Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Copyright Date
1899

The Physical Object

Pagination
1 online resource (219 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates)
Number of pages
219

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL43820821M

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