St. Nicholas, An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. 22
Dodge, Mary Mapes Excerpt from St. Nicholas, An Illustrated Magazine, Vol. 22: For Young Folks
Melaatij lived with her grandmother in a little thatched cottage on the edge of the village of 'sGravendeel, in Holland. The cottage was built of yellow and black bricks set in curious figures, and there was a low door so cut in the middle that, while the lower part was closed, the upper part might be opened. It was painted green, and was quite overgrown with hop-vin...