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WINGS AND STINGS.


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  WINGS AND STINGS.

  A Tale for the Young.

  BY

  A. L. O. E.,

  AUTHOR OF “THE SILVER CASKET,” “THE ROBBERS’ CAVE,”
  ETC. ETC.

  How doth the little busy bee
    Improve each shining hour,
  And gather honey all the day
    From every opening flower!

  WATTS.

  LONDON:
  T. NELSON AND SONS, PATERNOSTER ROW;
  EDINBURGH; AND NEW YORK.

  1879.




Preface.


What is the use of a preface? Most of my young readers will regard it
as they would a stile in front of a field in which they were going to
enjoy haymaking; as something which they hastily scramble over, eager
to get to what is beyond. Such being the case, I think it best to make
my 