The Pedler of Dust Sticks

By Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

Eliza Follen was a 19th century American author best known for being an abolitionist and railing against slavery during the Civil War era.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Krill Press
• Release date: Mar 1, 2016
• ISBN: 9781531240172

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THE PEDLER OF DUST STICKS

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Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

MILK PRESS

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

BY: MRS. FOLLEN: With illustrations by Billings

ON THE GRAVE OF THE GOOD, GREAT MAN.

THE MIGHTY DEEDS OF ABC.: A LETTER TO A LITTLE BOY FROM HIS AUNT.

WHAT DAY IS IT?

THE CHILD AT HER MOTHER’S GRAVE.

EVENING PRAYER.

THE SABBATH IS HERE.

TO A BUTTERFLY.

The Pedler of Dust Sticks

By

Eliza Lee Cabot Follen

The Pedler of Dust Sticks

Published by Milk Press

New York City, NY

First published circa 1880

Copyright © Milk Press, 2015

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BY: MRS. FOLLEN: WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY BILLINGS

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ONE DAY I WENT TO visit a friend, a lady, who came from Hamburg, in Germany. I was much pleased with a portrait which was hanging up in her room, and I was particularly struck by the ornamental drawings with which the picture was surrounded. They consisted of whip handles, canes, piano keys, mouth-pieces for wind instruments, all sorts of umbrellas, and many more things, of every sort, made of cane and whalebone. The arrangement was so ingenious, the designs so fanciful, and the execution so good, that nothing could be prettier. But what of course was of the most importance, was the face and head that they were meant to ornament. What a benevolent, what a beautiful face! I said. Who is it?

My father, the lady replied; and he is more beautiful than the picture, and he is still more kind than he looks there.

What is the meaning of all these bits of bamboo and these little canes, so fancifully arranged around the picture? I asked.

These little sticks, she replied, tell the story of my father’s success, and of the beginning of his greatness. He began his noble and honorable life as a little Pedler of Dust Sticks.

Pedler of Dust Sticks?

Yes, she said; if you would like to hear his history, I will relate it.

I replied that nothing could please me better; that I considered the life