Aunt Fanny's new little Friend.

LITTLE MITTENS

FOR

THE LITTLE DARLINGS:

BEING

THE SECOND BOOK OF THE SERIES.

BY THE AUTHOR OF

THE SIX NIGHTCAP BOOKS, ETC.

NEW YORK:
D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,
443 & 445 BROADWAY.
LONDON: 16 LITTLE BRITAIN.
1863.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1862, by
FANNY BARROW,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.

TO

ANNIE LOUISA,

MY NEW LITTLE FRIEND,

THESE

Mitten Stories

ARE

LOVINGLY DEDICATED.

CONTENTS.

THE LITTLE KITTENS, 7

THE FOURTH COMMANDMENT, 39

LITTLE SALLIE'S LONG WORDS, 60

THE LITTLE NEW FRIEND, 108

ILKEN ANNIE, 117

[Pg 7]

THE LITTLE KITTENS.

Only to think! A letter from Aunt Fanny to the little ones, which beginsin this fanny way:

"You Darling Kittens—"

All the small children looked at Mary O'Reilly—who sat staring at thefire, with her[Pg 8] whiskers sticking up in the air, and then felt theirfaces with their little fat hands. They did not find the least scrap ofa whisker anywhere on their round cheeks; and Pet said—"But I a ittlegirl; I not a kitty"—at which all the family laughed, and ran to kissher—and she thought she had been very smart, I can tell you; andclapped her hands and said again—"No! I not a kitty!" and all the restof the little ones said they were not kittens, and for two[Pg 9] minutesthere was such fun, everybody mewing like cats, and patting each othersoftly for play. The little mother said they must all have been toCatalonia; and that might be the reason why Aunt Fanny called them"kittens;" or perhaps it was because she loved them.

So she began again:

Darling Kittens—

You must have stories as well as the rest—of course you must. If Ishould forget[Pg 10] to write some for such sweet little monkeys as you, thatI know and love so dearly, and some other sweet little monkeys that Idon't know, but love very much; why, Mr. Appleton, who has sweet littlemonkeys of his own, would say to me with a grave face—"Aunt Fanny! I'msurprised at you! What do you mean by such conduct? What has become ofthat big room in your heart, which you keep brimful of love for babiesand little bits of children? Do[Pg 11] you want them to sit humdrum on rainydays, when they are tired of playing with dolls, and tops, and kittens,and have no story book for their kind mammas to read to them? This willnever do, Aunt Fanny. Please to begin right away!"

Oh! what a dreadful thing it

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