Grandmamma's Letters from Japan (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1877. Excerpt: ... XVII. Yokohama, May 16, 1873. My Dear Young Friends: I wonder if the "little ones" in the dear home-land, who, with loving hearts and nimble fingers, did so much towards filling the boxes that came to this "Island of the Sea," would not like to hear something about "the children's table" in our Bazaar. I am sure they will be very glad and thankful to know that all their gifts came to us safely, and that it did us "good like a medicine," to see so many pretty and useful things that we knew were made by little fingers. I took a great deal of pains to show them to all the little girls in our Home, and to have them understand THE BAZAAR. 139 that the children in far-off America had been saving up their money, and spending their time to prepare all those gifts, because they loved them, and wanted to help to keep them in this pleasant Home, where they are taught of Jesus and his love. We gathered all the articles we fancied had been made by little fingers, and placed them in the middle of one of the long tables of our " Bazaar." How pretty was the sight of so many beautiful dolls, and their clothes, and their little bedsteads, and all the things children love so well Then we told our little girls we would let them sell the pretty things, and how pleased and happy that made them, you can hardly imagine. As we have so many children, we arranged that they should take turns in selling, and placed some of the smallest on chairs near the larger ones. Dear Miss Guthrie had a busy time in directing all of them, and seeing that they were all dressed in their very best clothes; for you see, we wanted our children to look as well, when they were going to see strangers, as the dear mothers at home do. Sometimes it would be Minnie, Sono, Fannie, and Annie; then, Sake, Bess...