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    is most gratifying . The ' Chatterbox , 3 Christmas number should prove a perfect treasure to our young folk .

    Tbe runny Folks Annual ( James Henderson ) is principally distinguished by the and features illustrations comical which accom verse characterise . panied The volume by the mirthful weekl maintains y text publicati , short its on previousl and of amusing the y same high anecdotes name reputation . These , . laughabl are humoro e stories us ,

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    in this notice . The story neuron of the surprising en travels . and . adventures may of , the imaginative , ^ B aron I I will always be interesting , and in its present neat and popular form it should conit ^ ndII large sale . —— -The double Christmas number of Sylvia ' s Jouraal ( Ward , Lock , & Co . ) f > # tet ^ ' II II

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• Citation
  • Publishers’ Circular (1880-1890), Dec. 7, 1885, page 1308, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/pc/issues/tec_07121885/page/48/