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* TLM-P had traditional views on women, but this issue reveals that, while the gender divisions are clear, his daughters were independently minded to an unusual degree. In one story the hero marries another; he is duly unhappy and his wife leaves him. Traditionally, | * TLM-P had traditional views on women, but this issue reveals that, while the gender divisions are clear, his daughters were independently minded to an unusual degree. In one story the hero marries another; he is duly unhappy and his wife leaves him. Traditionally, | ||
- | * Essays and poems about celebrated women and men such as [[wp> | + | * Essays and poems about celebrated women and men such as [[wp> |
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+ | Lizzie had four little dolls she loves so well\\ | ||
+ | Edith and Amy, Jessie and Bell\\ | ||
+ | They have four little servants their errands to go\\ | ||
+ | Thomas and Matthew, William and Joe\\ | ||
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+ | A coach they have got with harness so neat\\ | ||
+ | Fine horses and livery all complete\\ | ||
+ | Saddles they have too, and habits so gay\\ | ||
+ | No ladies in town so fine as they\\ | ||
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+ | She has made them gay dresses with trimmings of green\\ | ||
+ | and bonnets and mantles fit for a queen\\ | ||
+ | Such stylish young ladies you never would meet\\ | ||
+ | As her four little dolls when drest for the street\\ | ||
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+ | A house they have got with mirrors so fine\\ | ||
+ | And curtains and carpets quite divine\\ | ||
+ | They' | ||
+ | And their friends to drink tea they often invite\\ | ||
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+ | She has a dear little brother who helps her to play\\ | ||
+ | With her four little dolls on a rainy day\\ | ||
+ | Some time he happens to pull out an eye\\ | ||
+ | But he gives her his pence another to buy\\ | ||
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Lizzie and Reddy are good children ever\\ | Lizzie and Reddy are good children ever\\ | ||
Though not very bright, nor yet very clever\\ | Though not very bright, nor yet very clever\\ | ||
When Hervey and Hugh are making a noise\\ | When Hervey and Hugh are making a noise\\ | ||
They quietly play with their dolls and their toys.\\ | They quietly play with their dolls and their toys.\\ | ||
- | * A light-hearted and clever take on a feature of the papers of the time is ' | + | * A light-hearted and clever take on a feature of the papers of the time is ' |
* Rosa demonstrated her literary talents with, among other contributions, | * Rosa demonstrated her literary talents with, among other contributions, | ||
* 'T. de M. M.P.' (Thomas de Montmorenci M-P) contributed an essay on steam navigation and possibly other items including a poem on the joys of riding:\\ | * 'T. de M. M.P.' (Thomas de Montmorenci M-P) contributed an essay on steam navigation and possibly other items including a poem on the joys of riding:\\ | ||
You may take pleasure in sailing\\ | You may take pleasure in sailing\\ | ||
A horse for me with a pace like the wind\\ | A horse for me with a pace like the wind\\ | ||
- | That leaves all my rivals far behind ...\\ | + | That leaves all |
+ | my rivals far behind ...\\ | ||
==== Number IV (September 1866) ==== | ==== Number IV (September 1866) ==== | ||
- | This issue too is a lively and varied collection of the children' | + | This issue too is a lively and varied collection of the children' |
==== New Series No. I May 1867 ==== | ==== New Series No. I May 1867 ==== | ||
One poem cannot be read without awareness that Matilda would die the following year:\\ | One poem cannot be read without awareness that Matilda would die the following year:\\ | ||
friends are gone, and mother tho art gone with my sister and my brother 'And I am left alone to mourn\ That dearest, holiest(?) best, my mother' | friends are gone, and mother tho art gone with my sister and my brother 'And I am left alone to mourn\ That dearest, holiest(?) best, my mother' | ||
- | The poignancy of that sentiment is enforced by a poem Matilda contributed, | + | The poignancy of that sentiment is enforced by a poem Matilda contributed, |
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- | For more about the //Marroon Magazine// see Colin Roderick, In Mortal Bondage, p.45-46.]] | + | |
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Source: Praed papers, QJO Library, ... Box 3. **Need to check as going on old notes.** | Source: Praed papers, QJO Library, ... Box 3. **Need to check as going on old notes.** |