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Title: Gobolinks; or, Shadow Pictures for Young and Old

Author: Albert Bigelow Paine and Ruth McEnery Stuart

Release Date: March 2, 2011 [EBook #35452]

Language: English

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Gobolinks

or

Shadow-Pictures

For Young and Old

by Ruth McEnery Stuart And Albert Bigelow Paine

New York

The Century Co.

1896

Copyright, 1896, by THE CENTURY CO.

DEDICATION

TO OLD FRIENDS WITH YOUNG HEARTS AND YOUNG HEARTS GROWING OLD.

Dear Friends of our youth, should you happen to look

At the curious things in this curious book,

And should you, with quizzical countenance, ask

The how and the why of our curious task—

We could truly reply

To the query of "why—"

To the smile on your lip, and your questioning eye,

That the work was begun

In a spirit of fun,

To amuse when the work of the daylight was done;

And continued, because we believed it would be

Amusement to such as were weary as we

To drift for awhile among goblins and elves,

Or haply make shadows and rhymes for themselves.

For though years have passed since we drifted apart,

We're all of us more or less children at heart.

And maybe yourselves and the youngsters 't will please

To dwell for an hour with such creatures as these.

Now, some one has said, in a moment of spleen,

We cannot make pictures of what we've not seen;

But such an assertion deserves only scorn,

For the shape of the Gobolink never was born.

He comes like the marvelous mimes of our dreams,

When one has been supping on salads and creams,

And curious changes of vision take place—

The horse may appear with an elephant face—

The goat with a cane, and the goose with a hat—

Six legs on the dog, and two tails on the cat;

We never can tell, though we're sorely perplexed,

What shape will be shown us, or what will come next;

And these are the things that our Gobolinks do—

Dear friends, and dear children, we give them to you.

THE GOBOLINK AND HOW TO MAKE HIM.

Drop a little ink on a sheet of white paper. Fold the sheet in the center and press the ink-spots together with the fingers. All of the pictures in this book were made in this manner——none of them having been touched with a pen or brush.

A great deal of practice will only go to show that the Gobolink, as his name implies, is a veritable goblin of the ink-bottle, and the way he eludes the artist's design proves him a self-made eccentric creature of a superior imagination.

It is hardly to be expected that the animals and birds of prey referred to under more or less familiar names in the accompanying rhymes will be strikingly correct as to anatomy; and because, as upon page 15, the elephants, or whatever they may be, happen to have each a row of interesting tails continuing along the full length of the spinal column, no unkind criticism should be made upon the ability of the overworked and conscientious artists, who would have made fewer tails if they could, and have added nothing to the price of the book on account of undue liberality in the matter of caudal appendages.

In fact the most unexpected and startling results will often occur—results grotesquely and strangely beautiful, well worthy of preservation. The authors of this book will be glad to receive a few examples of some of the more unusual Gobolinks or Shadow-Pictures that may occur to those interested in the amusement. They may be sent care of The Century Co.

THE GAME OF GOBOLINK.

Persons of all ages may obtain amusement out of Gobolinks, or Shadow-Pictures, as they are also called.

The following is a very good method for playing the game:

Let three of the company be selected by the hostess as judges. To each of the others she then distributes from five to ten sheets of paper, from which they must produce at least one completed picture and rhyme in a given length of time, say five minutes, at the end of which the hostess rings a bell and the judges proceed at once to take up the pictures. These are then passed upon by them while the hostess is distributing a fresh round of paper, and the best two and the worst one are laid aside.

Those whose pictures have been selected now act as judges, surrendering their places at the tables to their predecessors, and another lot of pictures and rhymes are made.

The game is continued in this manner until the hostess announces the arrival of the time for final judgment, or until a certain hour specified in the beginning.

The three judges then in office now select one of the company as "reader," and such person selected shall take up his position in strong light, and after reading the verses on each picture shall display it in full view of all present. It should then be pinned to a suspended sheet or screen where it may be easily examined by the company.

This shall be continued until all the pictures selected by the judges have been so treated and displayed. The reader then acts as chairman, and the company proceed to vote on them for first, second, and booby prizes.

The Gobolink receiving second largest number of votes for first prize is awarded second. The ballot for booby should be, of course, taken separately. Pictures should be signed or otherwise identified.

Where a number are making the pictures, it is well to seat them around a large table with the ink-supply in the center.

Jet-black ink should be used, and a good quality of unglazed paper. The ink should not be too thin.

The table should be protected from accident with several thicknesses of newspaper.

A filled pen or tincture-dropper may be used for supplying the ink.

For a specially invited Gobolink party the company may dress in any grotesque fashion, remembering only that both sides of their costume shall be the same, this being a feature peculiar to Gobolink attire.

No game could be more productive of amusement than Gobolink.

CONTENTS.

PAGE

DRUM-MAJOR

1

SOMETHINGS

2

BUBBLERS

3

JACK-O-MY-GOBLIN

3

FRIENDLY CHICKENS

4

UNFRIENDLY CHICKENS

5

THEY STAYED AT HOME

5

THE BUTTERFLY

6

DIPSEY DOODLE

7

HIS RELATIVE

7

STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

8

MASK

9

HUMAN NATURE

9

RED RIDING-HOOD'S WOLF

10

WITCH BROTH

11

JUST LIKE OTHER CHILDREN

12

SEA DANCE

13

SINGERS

13

BIRDS ON THE WIRE

14

A HARD QUESTION

15

MOON DANCE

16

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS

17

GRACEFUL POLLY-WOGS

18

SOUTH-SEA IDOL

19

PREPARING FOR WINTER

20

BATHERS

21

BAD BOY

21

BROTHERLY CONSOLATION

22

BUTTERFLY MAN

23

TRANSFERRED SMILE

24

ROYAL GROTTO

25

MODEST MISS KANGAROO

25

GARGOYLE

26

ELF PARTY

27

UNPLEASANT COMPANIONS

28

GRENADIER

28

KINGS' JESTERS

29

FUNNY OCTOPUS

30

NYMPHS AND OSTRICHES

31

A CONVENIENCE

32

FOX AND GEESE

33

ENTOMOLOGY

33

TAIL OF TADDY POLE

34

ARABESQUE

35

WIND MAIDENS

36

GOBOLINKS' MIRROR

36

PUGILISTS

37

WHAT THEY LEFT

38

GOBOLINK HORSES

39

MISS DE LISLE

40

HER CURLING-TONGS

41

BEARS AND HARLEQUINS

42

FAITHFUL NOTES

43

POLITE COLLY-WOBBLES

43

BRAVE WARRIORS

44

STEEPLE MEN

45

SHEET-AND-PILLOW PARTY

45

MOSS-BACKS

46

WHAT-IS-IT

47

MERRY WATER-WEEDLES

48

NARROW ESCAPE

49

VICIOUS GOLLY-POPS

50

CAPTIVES

50

DIVERS

51

SHADOW-HARP

52

GLAD RETURN

53

GROTESQUES

54

CRESTS

55

FRONTIER COAT-OF-ARMS

56

FANCIFUL ELK

56

T' OTHER AND WHICH

57

CATHODES

58, 59

IN THE X-RAY

60

BEETLEVILLE DANCE

61

QUEEN BEETLE

62

KING BEETLE

63

OTHER BEETLES

63

OUR PET

64

GOOD BREEDING

64

THE WASHERWOMEN

65

A MARINE BALL

66

QUEER MOLLUSKS

67

SEA WEEDS

68, 72

FINIS

73

Gobolinks

THE DRUM MAJOR

A jolly little major of the drum,

Behind him all the shadow people come,

As he bravely leads the way

For the Gobolink array

With a bearing most important, and his uniform so gay;

Oh, it's very plain to see that he's the hero of the day,

This jolly little major of the drum.

THE SOMETHINGS

A Something met a Something

In the mists of Shadowland.

They ran against each other,

And came quickly to a stand.

"And who are you?" said Something One.

And Something Two, said he,

"That's just the very question that

At once occurred to me."

THE BUBBLERS

These boys have just returned from school,

And now forget their troubles—

They both are sitting on a stool,

And blowing crooked bubbles.

THE JACK-O-MY-GOBLIN

A terrible creature of Ink-bottle Land,

A Jack-o-my-goblin is he.

The sea-urchins made him to place on the sand,

And frighten the monsters that dwell on the land.

They took a sea-pumpkin and carved it by hand,

And lighted it up in their glee

With a phosphorus fish from the sea;

Now all the day long on the shore doth he stand,

While Land-loodles terrified flee,

Oh, yes,

The terrified Land-loodles flee.

THE FRIENDLY CHICKENS

These chicks have been out in all weathers,

They have little to show but pin-feathers;

But their friendship is strong,

And they sing us a song

Regardless of wherefores or whethers.

THEY STAYED AT HOME

These chickens long debated

On a costume for a ball,

And became so much elated

That they didn't go at all.

THE UNFRIENDLY CHICKENS

The saucy chicks which here you see

Know neither wrong nor right—

They can't be good like you and me,

Who sometimes really do agree—

So all day long they fight.

THE BUTTERFLY

How gaily flits the Butterfly

Across the seas of clover.

How blue the arching summer sky

That hangs the country over.

On wings of purple, brown, and gold

He drifts across the meadow.

His harmless flight you may behold

From Yucatan to Yeddo.

DIPSEY DOODLE..

This is little Dipsey Doodle,

Sometimes called the great Kioodle.

HIS RELATIVE

This is Dipsey Doodle's brother—

They have ears like one another.

A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

Two Widgelums went for a walk one day

By the shores of a shimmering sea;

And one of them said to the other, "I pray,

Now what's your opinion of me?"

Then the Widgelum looked at his widgelous mate:

"My charming companion," said he,

"The things that I think I am loath to relate,

You look so exactly like me."

THE MASK

Here is a curious mask—

I don't know of whom or of what—

I've never had courage to ask;

A saint's I am sure it is not.

HUMAN NATURE?

Two rival Woojums did declare

That they must surely sever,

But lo! that day, they found that they

Were better friends than ever.

RED RIDING-HOOD'S WOLF

Oh, this is the wolf that Red Riding-hood found

When she came to her grandmother's bed,

Her ears were so long and her eyes big and round,

While her voice had a strange and a terrible sound

When she answered what Riding-hood said,

For alas, the grandmother was dead.

And Little Red Riding-hood sprang with a bound

Through the doorway and hastily fled,

Oh, my,

In terror she hastily fled.

WITCH BROTH

Witches, witches in a tree,

Brew your broth of mystery.

Snail and toad and lizard in it—

Tail of cat and tongue of linnet,

Rabbit's foot and wing of bee—

Witches, witches, none for me.

JUST LIKE OTHER CHILDREN

Two little Gobolinks one day

Were sent to do the dishes,

Instead of which they ran away

And fished for shadow-fishes.

They fished and fished and fished and fished,

And but a leaf they caught, O,

And then they wished and wished and wished

They'd done the thing they ought to.

So, by and by they homeward crept

With plumage drooping sadly,

And there they bowed their heads and wept

Because they felt so badly.

A SEA-DANCE

Two beautiful sponges one day

Joined hands with a haughty sting-ray,

And away danced the three

Through the depths of the sea

In a most irresponsible way.

THE SINGERS

These ducks have voices sweet to hear,

And frequently before us

They stretch their mouths from ear to ear,

And sing to us in chorus.

THE BIRDS AND THE WIRE

Upon the quivering wire,

As hearkening to a lyre,

The sparrows gather at the break of day.

Perhaps that vibrant string

Is tuned that they may sing

An anthem to the glories of the May.

A HARD QUESTION

Here are two pairs of funny beasts,

I hardly know their habits—

Perhaps they may be elephants—

Perhaps they may be rabbits.

In conversation they appear

Withdrawn from one another,

As if attempting to decide

What name to give the other.

THE MOON DANCE

Two shadow-colts one summer night did try

To dance a jig because the moon was high:

But the moon obscured its face,

For she thought 't was a disgrace.

While the little stars were laughing in the sky.

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS

Many creatures such as these,

Ere the dawn of history,

On the land, and in the seas

Manufactured mystery.

Mystery for mighty men

Who, like Doctor Dry-bone

Bring them into form again

From a scale or thigh-bone.

THE GRACEFUL POLLY-WOGS

Oh, the polly-wog waltzes with wonderful grace,

And he skates with a radiant smile on his face,

While his arm in the air

Has the curve, I declare,

Of some beautiful creature's of Thrace.

A SOUTH-SEA IDOL

There lives an old god in the isles of the West,

And a wonderful god is he,

With a star on his brow, and a star on his breast,

While at left and at right,

In their armor drest,

A dragon and knight

On his shoulders rest,

And he dwells in the great South Sea.

PREPARING FOR WINTER

These squirrels have paused to consider

The fact that 't is late in the fall,

And time to lay nuts up for winter

If they would have any at all.

The red squirrel hoards like a miser,

But, alas, the improvident gray,

He's only a pauper of winter

Who scampers the summer away.

THE BATHERS

Adown the beach at Rockaway,

Three bathers one hot summer day

Retired to while the hours away.

Their minds were free, their hearts were light.

The August sun was fierce and bright,

They dived and swam from morn till night.

THE BAD BOY

This little fellow misbehaved,

And gave the people shocks,

Until at last they were compelled

To put him in the stocks.

BROTHERLY CONSOLATION

A Thingamy-bob

Got out of a job,

And went to consult with his brother:

Said his brother to him,

"Your chances are slim

Unless you go hunt up another."

THE BUTTERFLY MAN

A very gay fellow was he—

As gay as a mortal could be.

And he fluttered about

Till at last he turned out

A Butterfly man, as you see.

THE TRANSFERRED SMILE

Two little snails did smile and smile,

The summer day beguiling.

Two birds espied them from afar,

And now the birds are smiling.

THE ROYAL GROTTO

A king and a queen in a grotto

Are kissing as kings and queens ought to

If you'll look you will find

Two attendants behind,—

"To watch and to guard," is their motto.

THE MODEST MISS KANGAROO

Two kangaroos upon a pole

Were talking softly to each other.

One whispered: "Dear, upon the whole,

I think you'd better ask my mother."

THE GARGOYLE

A gargoyle here you see.

I've heard it said that he

Was found in France

By strangest chance—

But what is that to me?

I only know that we

Discovered him to be

An imp of ink;

And so I think

He's ours, as you'll agree.

THE ELF PARTY

These four little two-horned elves

Are seated on coraline shelves.

The spot where they be

Is down under the sea,

And they've got the whole reef to themselves.

UNPLEASANT COMPANIONS

Here are two Wriggles from Wriggelum-town—

Their legs are sky-blue and their bodies are brown;

Their tails are a wonderful changeable hue;

I don't care to have them for playmates, do you?

THE GRENADIER

A soldierly fellow is he,

With swords as erect as can be.

His attendants are queer,

And so small, they appear

To barely reach up to his knee.

KINGS' JESTERS

Jesters from the courts of kings

Tell their secret whisperings.

Just a fleeting moment, then

They must hurry back again.

Ever making monarchs gay,

Happy-hearted jesters they.

THE FUNNY OCTOPUS

A jolly old octopus lived in the sea,

With a hey-diddle hi-diddle dum;

And the funniest sort of a fellow was he,

This jolly old octopus under the sea,

With a mouth where the top of his head ought to be,

To swallow the divers that come—

This jolly old octopus under the sea,

With a hey-diddle hi-diddle dum.

THE NYMPHS AND THE OSTRICHES

Two pious little nymphs are kneeling here—

Two double-headed ostriches above them;

And on their backs two gallant knights appear—

Perhaps they'll see the little nymphs and love them.

A CONVENIENCE

The shadow-rack stands in the Shadow-man's hall;

It holds shadow-canes and umbrellas, and all

The various things that the Gobolinks use

When they go for a walk to get rid of the blues.

ENTOMOLOGY

These are some insects that dwell in the grass

And nip at the gobolinks' toes as they pass.

Their legs are uneven, their bodies are queer.

Their habits are very uncertain, I fear.

FOX AND GEESE

Two foxes stole two geese one night,

When the air was warm and the moon was bright:

One started west—one started east—

Their hearts intent on a glorious feast.

But alas! for the things that we hope to do!

A funny old man, with pistols two,

Came running out, where the moon was bright,

And they dropped their plunder and took to flight.

THE TAIL OF TADDY POLE

There was a little Polliwog—

His name was Taddy Pole.

He lived within a little bog,

Beside a crawfish hole.

And all the day did Taddy play

Around a sunken log,

Until he lost his tail one day,

And then he was a frog.

THE ARABESQUE

Oh, here are two doves in a bower,

Or a wonderful arabesque flower;

Or a nobby design

For a sweet valentine;

Or, reversed, 't is a beast with a glower.

THE GOBOLINKS' MIRROR

Tins is the mirror the gobolinks use

To do up their tresses in style if they choose.

To do up their tresses,

And look at their dresses,

And maybe to button their shoes.

WIND MAIDENS

Here are two maids of the wind

Whose dresses are strangely designed.

They appear to be made

Without buttons or braid,

And fastened together behind.

THE PUGILISTS

The pugilistic craze is such

That e'en the gobolinks absorb it.

These pictures don't amount to much,

But they were made for Fitz and Corbett.

WHAT THEY LEFT

Oh, here's to the poet that sings

The song of the gobolink kings

Who left silhouettes

With their kindest regrets,

And other quite wonderful things.

GOBOLINK HORSES

These are the steeds that the gobolinks use;

They love them and pet them and never abuse.

Their backs are not pleasant to sit on, they say,

So they ride them erect in the hippodrome way.

MISS F.M. DE LISLE

This is a damsel who dresses in style.

Her name is Miss Fannie Magruder De Lisle.

She loves to look pretty—as most of us do—

That's why she's so stylish, and dignified, too.

FANNIE'S CURLING-TONGS

These are the irons with which Fannie crimps

Her fair auburn tresses whenever she primps.

She curls and arranges her locks with great care,

Because she is proud of her radiant hair.

THE BEARS AND THE HARLEQUINS.

Gay harlequins dancing—beribboned are they

And carry two poles in the air;

That rest on their heads in a curious way,

And top of each pole is a bear,

I declare,

A wonderful, long-tailed bear.

THE FAITHFUL NOTES

An old guitar once broke its strings,

And all the musical notes took wings;

They harried away to lands afar.

But two of them stayed with the old guitar.

THE POLITE COLLY-WOBBLES

Very polite colly-wobbles are these—

They hang by their feet to the branches of trees,

While a hand they extend

To a wobbledy friend,

And often they say, "If you please."

THE BRAVE WARRIORS

Two Indian warriors got frightened one day,

And fled from the midst of alarms;

And later they met in a curious way,

Each bearing a goat in his arms.

STEEPLE MEN

Two funny old three-legged gnomes

Came out of their shadowy domes:

They made their salute

With a hand and a foot,

And then hurried back to their homes.

THE SHEET-AND-PILLOW PARTY

A pillow-case party the Gobolinks gave,

And it proved a right merry carouse:

But I'm sure you'd have laughed at their attitudes grave

As they made their ridiculous bows.

MOSS-BACKS

Here are two scraggle-de-racks

With moss on their beautiful backs—

The sort that you'll find

On such of mankind

As fail to keep up with the facts.

A WHAT-IS-IT

There was an old man of high feather,

Who said, "I can't really tell whether

I'm a man or a mouse,

Or the roof of a house,

So much may depend on the weather."

THE MERRY WATER-WEEDLES

Within the caverns of the sea

Two Water-weedles stay.

Their hearts are happy as can be,

Within the caverns of the sea

They sing and frolic in their glee

Throughout the livelong day.

Within the caverns of the sea

Two water-weedles stay.

A NARROW ESCAPE

Two piggies went to market

All on a market day,

But when the butcher caught them

They wished they'd stayed away.

"Oh, Piggy-wiggy, fare you well,

Our ribs will soon be spare."

And they quickly ran away,

And now they don't go there.

THE CAPTIVES

Pray tell us, if you please,

What sort of things are these:

A shadow-ghost has captured them,

And holds them fast with ease.

THE VICIOUS GOLLY-POPS

Here are two Golly-pops

Looking for lollypops

Such as grow under the sea.

Their ways are ambitious,

Their faces are vicious.

I'm glad they're not looking for me.

THE DIVERS

Two divers, one sweet summer day,

Went down into the ocean,

They saw the fishes all at play,

The sea-flowers all in motion.

They danced a jig and sang a song,

And gathered water-roses,

When, lo, two lobsters came along,

And bit them on their toeses.

THE SHADOW-HARP

This is the harp of which nobody sings—

Where is the keyboard and where are the strings?

The strings are undone and the keys thrown away,

For this is the harp on which shadow-folk play.

A GLAD RETURN

Two little maids just home from school

Have been so long asunder—

They first embrace, then face to face

They stand and look and wonder.

GROTESQUES

Very funny creatures these—

Can't tell what they are.

Men or birds or beasts or bees—

Very funny creatures these—

Turn them either way you please—

View them near or far.

Very funny creatures these—

Can't tell what they are.

SHADOW-CRESTS

These are designs of heraldry

That shadow-folk affect,

Though some are no less shadowy

Than those that men select.

For many men have bought a crest

Although they come quite dear,

And such of those as can't invest

May find an emblem here.

A FRONTIER COAT-OF-ARMS

This is a crest

That came out of the West,

For the family was founded

Where hunters abounded,

So the head of a deer

And two hunters appear.

THE FANCIFUL ELK

This is the head of an elk, as you see.

His horns are as tall as a sycamore tree.

They are strangely designed,

And I think you will find

He has horns where his ears ought to be.

T' OTHER AND WHICH

Ink-bottle imps turn up their noses

When they meet each other:

And the reason, I suppose, is—

Can't tell which from t' other.

CATHODES

And here we have a lot of things

Defying nomenclature.

The bones of Gobolinks are they,

Revealing in the cathode ray

Their anatomic nature.

IN THE X-RAY

Cathode fairy,

Light and airy,

Sunny weather,

Two together,

Caring nothing why or whether

Flesh or blood or bone or feather

Shows on such a summer day

'Neath the Cathode's magic ray.

A BEETLEVILLE DANCE

The beetles gave a party,

And all their friends were there.

The welcome was so hearty

To join the beetles' party,

The Joodle and the Jarty

Came flying through the air.

Oh, the beetles gave a party,

And all their friends were there.

QUEEN BEETLE

A Lady queen of Beetle-land—

Attendants small on either hand.

They walk or fly with equal skill—

They fetch and carry at her will.

I'm glad, I'm sure, that we have seen

The beetles and their lady queen.

BEETLES

GOLD BUG

This is a beetle that came from Metuchen—

The plan of his house is likewise his escutcheon.

KING BEETLE

Oh, a marvelous mind has the old beetle king,

And he rules in a marvelous way;

For he rolls up his eyes and commences to sing

When his subjects go glittering by on the wing;

And 'tis said that his notes have a powerful ring

When he chants at the breaking of day—

They say—

His anthem at breaking of day.

OUR PET

The head of a Gobolink tiger—

With smellers arranged as you see

He used to reside on the Niger;

But now he is living with me.

GOOD BREEDING

Most Shadow-people are polite.

And bow whene'er they meet;

For us to do the same is right,

At home or in the street.

THE WASHERWOMEN

There were some old ladies of Dundee

Who did all their washing on Mondee.

Then they shook out their clothes

Till they dried, I suppose,

To have them all ready for Sundee.

A MARINE BALL

Two lobsters and two sea-horses

One day came out of the wet;

They heard a mermaid sing her song,

And danced a minuet.

THE QUEER MOLLUSKS

Ridiculous mollusks are we,

And dwell in the depths of the sea.

Our bodies are jelly,

And we haven't a belly

In the place where our bellies should be.

SEAWEEDS

SEA-TULIP[A]

Within the garden of the sea

Are gems of beauty rare—

The Star-wort and Anemone

And Ocean pinks are there.

Oh, these are dainty things indeed

The Mermaids keep in store;

But fairer still, to me, the weed

That decks the ocean's floor.

Whatever flower of earth we win,

Howe'er so fair it be,

'T will not surpass those weeds within

The garden of the sea.

[A] Names given are in use only in Gobolink-land.

ICICLE PLANT

TOWER WEED.

GIANT BLUE STEM

PRAYER WEED

COMB WEED

LYNX HEAD

MONK WEED

SEA CHICORY

FINIS

There was a gay Gobolink known as Maginnis,

But now he is dead and we use him for Finis;

Or, if you prefer to pronounce it Fin-nee,

We'll say that this Gobolink's name was Magee.

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The Project Gutenberg eBook of Gobolinks; or, Shadow Pictures for Young and Old, by Albert Bigelow Paine and Ruth McEnery Stuart

Gobolinks

Shadow-Pictures

DEDICATION

TO OLD FRIENDS WITH YOUNG HEARTS AND YOUNG HEARTS GROWING OLD.

THE GOBOLINK AND HOW TO MAKE HIM.

THE GAME OF GOBOLINK.

CONTENTS.

Gobolinks

THE DRUM MAJOR

THE SOMETHINGS

THE BUBBLERS

THE JACK-O-MY-GOBLIN

THE FRIENDLY CHICKENS

THEY STAYED AT HOME

THE UNFRIENDLY CHICKENS

THE BUTTERFLY

DIPSEY DOODLE..

HIS RELATIVE

A STRIKING RESEMBLANCE

THE MASK

HUMAN NATURE?

RED RIDING-HOOD'S WOLF

WITCH BROTH

JUST LIKE OTHER CHILDREN

A SEA-DANCE

THE SINGERS

THE BIRDS AND THE WIRE

A HARD QUESTION

THE MOON DANCE

PREHISTORIC ANIMALS

THE GRACEFUL POLLY-WOGS

A SOUTH-SEA IDOL

PREPARING FOR WINTER

THE BATHERS

THE BAD BOY

BROTHERLY CONSOLATION

THE BUTTERFLY MAN

THE TRANSFERRED SMILE

THE ROYAL GROTTO

THE MODEST MISS KANGAROO

THE GARGOYLE

THE ELF PARTY

UNPLEASANT COMPANIONS

THE GRENADIER

KINGS' JESTERS

THE FUNNY OCTOPUS

THE NYMPHS AND THE OSTRICHES

A CONVENIENCE

ENTOMOLOGY

FOX AND GEESE

THE TAIL OF TADDY POLE

THE ARABESQUE

THE GOBOLINKS' MIRROR

WIND MAIDENS

THE PUGILISTS

WHAT THEY LEFT

GOBOLINK HORSES

MISS F.M. DE LISLE

FANNIE'S CURLING-TONGS

THE BEARS AND THE HARLEQUINS.

THE FAITHFUL NOTES

THE POLITE COLLY-WOBBLES

THE BRAVE WARRIORS

STEEPLE MEN

THE SHEET-AND-PILLOW PARTY

MOSS-BACKS

A WHAT-IS-IT

THE MERRY WATER-WEEDLES

A NARROW ESCAPE

THE CAPTIVES

THE VICIOUS GOLLY-POPS

THE DIVERS

THE SHADOW-HARP

A GLAD RETURN

GROTESQUES

SHADOW-CRESTS

A FRONTIER COAT-OF-ARMS

THE FANCIFUL ELK

T' OTHER AND WHICH

CATHODES

IN THE X-RAY

A BEETLEVILLE DANCE

QUEEN BEETLE

BEETLES

KING BEETLE

OUR PET

GOOD BREEDING

THE WASHERWOMEN

A MARINE BALL

THE QUEER MOLLUSKS

SEAWEEDS

FINIS

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