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I! DAME TRUELOVE'S TALUS? 
 
 OR, 
 
 USEFUL LESSONS 
 
 FOR 
 
 \\ Little Misses and Masters, 
 
 AND ORNAMENTED 
 
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 Appkopriate engravings. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA; 
 
 PUBLISHED BY E. A*ND R. PARKER ; 
 
 NO. 178, MARKET STREET- 
 
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DAME TRUELOVE'S TALES ; 
 
 OR, 
 
 USEFUL LESSONS 
 
 FOR 
 
 Little Misses and Masters, 
 
 AND ORNAMENIED 
 WITH 
 
 APPROPRIATE ENGRAVINGS. 
 
 PHILADELPHIA: 
 
 FUBLISHED BY E. AND R. PARKER, 
 NO. 178, MARKET STREET. 
 J. R. A. Skerrett, Printer. 
 
 1818. 
 
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 Norrh Carolina 
 

The Hallo 
 
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THE BALLOON. 
 
 " Oh Harry, Harry ! pray come 
 here,'' cried Harriet G. to her bro- 
 ther, who was gathering wild flow- 
 ers at a little distance, to make a nose- 
 gay for her, " do pray come, and tell 
 ^ me what that great thing is which I 
 see in the sky," 
 
 Harry ran directly to see the 
 strange sight, but he laughed as he 
 ran towards her, because he thought 
 it could be nothing but a cloud ; he 
 had often seen clouds very oddly 
 
 to 
 t*> 
 
 on 
 
THE BAL100X. 
 
 shaped, sometimes like little boys 
 and girls, sometimes like trees and 
 houses, for he was a very clever lit- 
 tle boy, observed every thing, and 
 liked to be told the meaning of what 
 he saw. 
 
 With all his cleverness, however, 
 Master Harry was very much sur- 
 prised when his sister pointed at a 
 great round thing mounting in the 
 air, with something hanging at the 
 lower part of it, just like their Papa's 
 boat, which was kept in the boat- 
 house near the river. " What can it 
 be, Harriet ?" said he, " it makes me 
 think of a picture in one of my little 
 books, where there is a great mon- 
 
THE BALLOOSf. 
 
 strous bird flying away with a poor 
 lamb — but look ! look ! — there are 
 two men in that thing like a boat — 
 oh dear ! and flags !" 
 
 " I am frightened," said little Har- 
 riet, getting close to her brother, 
 who was two years older than her- 
 self — " suppose it were to fall down 
 upon us, boat and men and all, we 
 should be killed, Harry ! — but here 
 comes old Giles, perhaps he can tell 
 us what sort of creature it is, which 
 is flying away with the two poor 
 men." 
 
 They went up to Giles directly, 
 but he could only tell them that the 
 strange thing was called a Balloon, 
 
 A 2 
 
b THE BAIXOON. 
 
 and that the men in the boat were 
 two very clever gentlemen, who had 
 found out the way to make the Bal- 
 loon go up to the clouds, and even 
 to pass through them. " How it is 
 done," added he, " I am but a poor 
 labourer, and as you may suppose, 
 not learned enough to be able to tell 
 you, nor would you perhaps under- 
 stand me if I could, but your Papa 
 will explain it to you when you are 
 older; all that I can say is, that if my 
 father had had money to put me to 
 school, I do not think it would have 
 been thrown away, for I dearly love 
 books, Master Harry, but alack-a-day, 
 I have no time for reading. 
 
THE BALLOON. 
 
 "I have no doubt that the two 
 gentlemen gone up with the Balloon, 
 when they were little boys like you, 
 spent the greatest part of their time 
 in learning their lessons, and reading 
 such books as were given to them ; 
 and so they got on from little books 
 to large ones, till they grew up to be 
 young men, and then they found out 
 this wonderful way of paying a visit 
 to the clouds. Who knows, 1 Master 
 Harry, if you are not an idle young 
 gentleman, but mind your lessons 
 rather than spend all your time in 
 play — who knows, I say, what won- 
 derful thing you may one day find 
 out." 
 
THE BALXOOIf. 
 
 Harry was much delighted at the 
 thought of being a man of learning, 
 and as the Balloon was now out of 
 sight, ran home to his Papa to ask a 
 dozen or two of questions ; and lit- 
 tle Harriet was glad the great crea- 
 ture was gone, for she could not help 
 being afraid that it would fall upon 
 her head. 
 
JVztie Puis 
 
KIKE-PINS, 
 
 " Pray, nurse," asked Mrs. May- 
 nard, "where are the children?" 
 
 NURSE. 
 
 v.- 
 
 They are playing very quietly with 
 Master William's Nine-pins, Ma'am ; 
 I shall go for them by and by to take 
 a walk — we shall go as far as the vil- 
 lage; that dear little Miss Mary, 
 though she is only four years old, 
 has wrapped up her old shoes in a 
 
10 NINE-PINS. 
 
 paper, as neatly as I could have done 
 it, and is going to take them to Fan- 
 ny for her little girl; you cannot 
 think, Ma'am, how happy she is, 
 that you gave her leave to do so 5 
 and Miss Frances, who likes to do as 
 her sister does, has got her gift 
 ready. — The dear creature wanted 
 to carry her coral necklace to Fanny ! 
 however, we have found two old 
 night-caps, of which she has also 
 made up her little parcel. 
 
 MRS. MAYNARD. 
 
 I am very happy to hear that my 
 children are so good, but I am much 
 
NINE-PIXS. 11 
 
 afraid if William comes home, and 
 finds them at play with his Nine- 
 pins, there will be sad work. I wish 
 he were as good as his sisters, but he 
 is so passionate, and so cross to them 
 and to the servants, always speaking 
 in such a rude manner to every one, 
 that I am quite vexed to perceive it ; 
 but we must find some way or other 
 to break him of these naughty tricks. 
 A violent scream from the girls 
 made their Mamma and nurse judge 
 that the rude boy was arrived, and 
 they hurried towards the spot where 
 they were at play, fearing he might 
 hurt them ; and it was well they did, 
 for he was in such a rage at their 
 
12 IflNE-PINS, 
 
 having dared, he said, to touch his 
 toys, that he was beginning to beat 
 them with the Nine-pins, and would 
 have hurt them very much indeed if 
 he had not been prevented. 
 
 Mrs. Maynard put all the Nine- 
 pins into a basket, and then took Wil- 
 liam into the kitchen, where the cook 
 was preparing a large fire to roast a 
 piece of beef. She then directed her 
 to put all the pretty painted Nine-pins, 
 one by one, between the bars of the 
 grate, and the two balls on the top ; 
 and this was done whilst William, 
 held fast by a man servant, was made 
 to look on, till they were all burnt. 
 
Turn about -Johnny 
 
TURN-ABOUT JOHNNY. 
 
 It was a happy day at * * * for 
 all the children when Turn-about 
 Johnny was seen coming down the 
 hill into the village. — 1 should not 
 say all the children, for there were 
 some among them who had not one 
 poor halfpenny to lay out, and these 
 poor things could only look at his 
 basket, admire his painted Harle- 
 quins and Turn-abouts, his Whips, 
 penny Horses, Tin Soldiers, and 
 pretty Pictures j and when they had 
 
14 TURN-ABOUT JOHNNY. 
 
 looked till they were tired, or were 
 pushed away by some rude boy or 
 girl who had a halfpenny or a penny 
 piece to spend, whoever happened to 
 be present might see by their be- 
 haviour what kind of children they 
 were. Some cried and roared, that 
 they might have been heard half a 
 mile off, rubbing their eyes with their 
 dirty hands, till their faces were full 
 as dirty ; others did not chuse to be 
 pushed away, but fought with those 
 who pushed them ; but the good 
 children knew that if their parents 
 had had a halfpenny to spare, they 
 should have been able to buy a toy 
 as well as the others, and if they 
 
TURN-ABOUT JOHNNY. 15 
 
 were too poor, it would be wrong in 
 them to desire it. 
 
 A good old gentleman, who hap- 
 pened to be walking through the 
 village, watched the behaviour of the 
 children, who surrounded Johnny's 
 basket, and after some time observ- 
 ed a quiet little boy and girl, who 
 were looking with longing eyes at all 
 the pretty things, but bought nothing, 
 whilst the others were showing them 
 how many they had bought arid were 
 going to carry home : at length a 
 rude boy, giving each a blow on the 
 back, pushed them away from the 
 basket, and the poor little creatures 
 with tears in their eyes were creep- 
 
16 TURN- ABOUT JOHNNY. 
 
 ing slowly towards home, when he 
 asked them why they were going 
 away without buying a toy? 
 
 The gentleman was soon told the 
 reason, but they begged he would 
 not think they were crying about 
 the Toys, for they knew very well 
 that their mother had no money to 
 spare, she wanted all she could get 
 to buy bread for them, but they 
 could not help crying because the 
 boy had hurt them. 
 
 The old gentleman was so pleased 
 with these little children, that he 
 led them one in each hand back to 
 Turn-about Johnny, and bought as 
 many toys for them as they could 
 
TURN-ABOUT JOHNNY. 17 
 
 carry home, whither he went with 
 them to see their mother, gave her 
 some money to buy meat, and was 
 kind to them always from that 
 day. 
 
INDUSTRIOUS MARIA. 
 
 Maria was very fond of needle- 
 work ; she was but a very little girl ; 
 yet she could sew and hem better 
 than many that were much older, ( 
 and she liked to do such work as 
 wojild be of use, and not snip up- 
 and cobble every bit of muslin and - 
 silk that was given tclrer? Maria j 
 had more sense; she knew that it J 
 was wrong to w^aste any thing, and i#Si 
 she had a bit of silk in her baske^jftj 
 was ten chances to one but fhafrnM 
 
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/ndustrwiis Maria, 
 
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INDUSTRIOUS MARIA. 19 
 
 would be enough to make a pin- 
 cushion at least, and that, some one 
 or other would be glad to have. She 
 very often wished she could work 
 well enough to make clothes for 
 poor children ; and her Mamma told 
 her, that if she continued to improve 
 she might do any kind of work in 
 another year, and that she should 
 have some old cloth and make baby 
 linen. " Indeed, Maria, 55 said her 
 Mamma, " I think you work well 
 enough now to make a little shirt, 
 if I pin it for you ; it is almost all 
 hemming and sewing. 55 
 
 " Dear, dear Mamma," said the 
 little girl, " how glad I should be to 
 
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£0 INDUSTRIOUS MARIA. 
 
 make a baby's shirt ; if you will but 
 shew me how to do it, I will try 
 as much as ever I can to do it 
 well." 
 
 The little shirt was cut out, and 
 Maria with her table before her, 
 her scissars, her pincushion, and all 
 things in order, went to work, as 
 happy as a queen — happier than 
 many little girls who have had 
 sweetmeats and playthings given 
 to them. 
 
 The shirt was made in a few days, 
 and, what is more, very neatly made 
 for such a child ; and as soon as it 
 was done it was given to Sally to 
 wash and iron it very nicely, and 
 
INDUSTRIOUS MARIA. 21 
 
 then it was pinned up in a paper, 
 and Maria and her Mamma walked 
 to the cottage of a poor woman, who 
 she knew would be glad to have 
 it. Maria told her, that she did not 
 think she could work well enough 
 yet to be able to make a cap, but 
 that she hoped in a short time to 
 bring one for her baby. 
 
 The first thing she did was to 
 make a large bag, which she called 
 her baby's bag, and in that she put 
 every bit of cloth, muslin, flannel, 
 Syc. which might be useful ; and she 
 often begged ladies who came to the 
 house to give her some old linen to 
 put into her bag, so that when she 
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22 INDUSTRIOUS MARIA. 
 
 went to work she had always plenty 
 of cloth, and as she was never tired 
 of her needle, she gave so much 
 baby -linen to the poor of the village, 
 that they loved her and prayed for 
 blessings upon her as long as they 
 lived. 
 
JANE PRIMROSE. 
 
 Jane Primrose had the care of 
 her mother's poultry ; she was not a 
 very poor woman, so she told her 
 little girl she should have all the 
 money the eggs sold for, to buy her 
 a new frock and a straw bonnet in 
 the summer, and desired her to be 
 very careful of them, and give plenty 
 of meat to her hens, and to be sure 
 to put all the poultry into the hen- 
 house at night, and fasten the door, 
 that she might find them safe in the 
 morning. 
 
24 JANE PRIMROSE. 
 
 "The care of these pretty little 
 creatures will be a very good thing 
 for you, Jane," added her mother, 
 " for I think you are rather lazy in 
 the morning, and do not much like 
 to get up; though when the sun 
 shines in at the casement and 
 through the curtains of your bed, I 
 think it is a shame for you to lie 
 there sleeping and wasting your 
 time; I call it wasting time, when 
 any one sleeps longer than need; 
 besides, my dear, early rising is good 
 for the health, and a little girl who 
 lives in a farm house, and hears the 
 plough-boys and the milk-maids 
 moving at five o'clock, may surely 
 
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 JANE PRIMROSE. 25 
 
 rise at six in summer and seven in 
 winter." 
 
 " But why must I rise early for the 
 cocks and hens?" Jane asked. "I am 
 so sleepy in the morning that I can- 
 not open my eyes." — " It must be 
 done, my dear," replied her mother, 
 or you must give up the care of 
 them to your brother, for as they go 
 to roost at sun set, they like to be 
 let out at the first peep of day-light, 
 that they may enjoy the fresh air, 
 and search about the barn-door for 
 something to eat. In a few mornings 
 you will awake without being called, 
 and your cheeks will be as rosy as 
 Dorothy's the milk-maid." 
 
26 JANE PRIMROSE. 
 
 Jane was a good child, and follow- 
 ed her mother's advice ; she jumped 
 up the moment she was called, 
 though her eyes were scarcely open, 
 but before the end of the week she 
 awoke without being called, and 
 went down to open the door of the 
 hen-house: then she was so amused, 
 that she would not have suffered any 
 other person to let the poultry out 
 on any account : each tried to get 
 first; some flew over her head, some 
 over her shoulders, and so much 
 noise and bustle among them, that 
 Jane was quite delighted. 
 
 Every thing went on well, and 
 when the Summer came she had so 
 
JANE PRIMROSE. 27 
 
 many shillings and sixpences in her 
 little bag, that she could scarcely be- 
 lieve her own eyes, for she had 
 never seen so much money at one 
 time : but this good little girl, instead 
 of thinking of herself, and her new 
 frock and bonnet, carried her bag to 
 her mother, and when she put it into 
 her hand, begged she would buy a 
 gown for herself, as her Sunday frock 
 and bonnet were still good, and would 
 do very well some time longer. 
 
 Jane lost nothing by her good- 
 nature, for her mother bought her 
 the things she had promised, and 
 moreover two pretty white hens to 
 add to her stock. 
 
LITTLE LAURA, 
 
 There was once a little girl wh© 
 lived with her mother in a house by 
 the road side ; it was a very pretty 
 house, and it had a flower garden 
 before it, and an apple orchard on 
 one side, and a poultry yard and a 
 dairy on the other. This little girl 
 was called Laura, and she was a very 
 good child, obedient to her parents, 
 and good-natured and kind to her 
 neighbours and acquaintances, so 
 that every body loved and were glad 
 
1ITTXE LAURA. 29 
 
 to see her at their houses ; but where 
 she spent the most of her time was 
 at the house of an old lady who had 
 taken a great liking to her, because 
 she behaved so properly at church, 
 where, instead of gaping round, and 
 standing on tip-toe to peep into the 
 pews, as many children do, without 
 thinking of the place they are in, she 
 minded nothing but the clergyman ; 
 and as she had been taught to know 
 when to kneel and when to stand up, 
 she never neglected to do so at the 
 proper time. She often went to 
 breakfast with this old lady, and 
 spent the whole day with her ; and 
 there w r as a pretty little summer- 
 
30 1ITTLE LAURA. 
 
 house in the garden, and she had it 
 nicely furnished with a little table 
 and two or three green chairs, and a 
 green blind to shade it from the sun, 
 and it was called Laura's own par- 
 lour, and Mr. and Mrs. Martin (that 
 was the lady's name) ordered her 
 tea-table to be taken into the sum- 
 mer-house one fine afternoon, and 
 told Laura she intended to drink tea 
 with her ; so Laura was mistress of 
 the tea-table that day, and poured 
 out the tea, and helped her friend to 
 some cake and bread and butter, and 
 was as happy as a queen. 
 
 In the Winter she had a scarlet 
 cloak and bonnet, which made her 
 
LITTLE XAURA. 31 
 
 look something like little Red Riding- 
 Hood, and she went to see Mrs. 
 Martin almost every day, for though 
 she could not be so well amused as 
 in Summer, she never neglected her 
 good friend who was so kind to her ; 
 and if she happened to be unwell, 
 either stayed with her to ring her 
 bell when she wanted any thing, and 
 sit by her side, or went two or three 
 times a day to know if she were 
 better. 
 
 Thus the little Laura was the hap- 
 piest child in the world, and all chil- 
 dren may be happy if they follow 
 her example. 
 
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 MORAL AND INSTRUCTIVE TALES. 
 JUVENILE HISTORY OF BIRDS, Part 1st 
 
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 JUVENILE HISTORY OF BEASTS, Part 1st 
 
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 LITTLE SOPHIA. 
 LITTLE JANE. 
 LITTLE EDWARD. 
 LITTLE MARY. 
 LITTLE CHARLOTTE. 
 TEN COMMANDMENTS. 
 GAPING FROG. 
 THE PARROT'S ALPHABET. 
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JUVENILE BOOKS, 
 
 JUST'PUBIISHED BY 
 
 E. *j R. PARKER, 
 
 JVo. 1?8, Market street, Philadelphia. 
 : J THE HISTORY OF LITTLE DAVY'S 
 \\ HAT. By Robert Bloomfield, author o 
 
 " Farmer's Boy," &c. 
 I JULIET; OR, THE REWARD OF FIL 
 : i AFFECTION, a Tale for Youth. 
 
 THE FERRY ; a Tale for Young Persons. 
 I THE JUVENILE INSTRUCTOR. 
 
 TMORAL AND INSTRUCTIVE TALES. 
 i JUVENILE HISTORY OF BEASTS, Part I 
 : \ and II. 
 : ■ JUVENILE HISTORY OF BIRDS, Parti & II. 
 
 5 ; LrrTLE sophia. 
 
 :■ LITTLE EDWARD. 
 
 LITTLE JANE. « 
 
 LITTLE MARY. 
 
 LITTLE CHARLOTTE. 
 i : TEN C0M£1ANDMENTS. 
 \ '■ GAPING FROG. 
 
 THE PARROT'S ALPHABET. ■ 
 
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 : : with fine coloured Plates, and well calculated 
 I : to instruct &tfd amuse Children.