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  THE

  LITTLE GLEANER.

  A

  Monthly Magazine for the Young.

  VOL. X., NEW SERIES.
  1888.

  LONDON:
  HOULSTON AND SONS, 7, PATERNOSTER BUILDINGS, E.C.;
  AND E. WILMSHURST, BOOKSELLER, BLACKHEATH, S.E.




  LONDON:
  PRINTED BY W. H. AND L. COLLINGRIDGE,
  148 AND 149, ALDERSGATE STREET, E.C.

[Illustration: _Engraved by S. W. Partridge & Co._

"WELL, THEN, COME TO THE CANAL." (_See page 4._)]




THE EDITOR'S NEW YEAR'S ADDRESS TO HIS YOUNG FRIENDS.


Dear young friends,--We wish you each and all