Reprint of the original, first published in 1875.

Fifteen stories telling of some of the doings of Nathan, Philippa, and Lucy Bodley, their father and mother, the hired hand Martin, and others. Includes poems by various authors and fairy tales in verse told to the childrn by their parents, by Martin, and by each other.

The members of the Bodley family have many adventures when they move from the big city to a farm in Roxbury.

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