As spring came on, a new set of amusements became the fashion, and the lengthening days gave long afternoons for work and play of all sorts. The garden had to be put in order, and each sister had a qu

Gardening, walks, rows on the river, and flower-hunts employed the fine days; and for rainy ones, they had house diversions - some old, some new - all more or less original. One of these was the "P. C

And on his nose a blot! Next our peaceful Tupman comes, So rosy, plump, and sweet. Who chokes with laughter at the puns, And tumbles off his seat. Prim little Winkle too is here, With every hair in pl