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                            THE
                          WONDERS
                           OF A
                            TOY
                           SHOP.


                          New-York:
                       J. Q. PREBLE.

                     J. W. ORR NEW YORK.




                          WONDERS

                            OF

                         A TOY-SHOP.

    [Illustration: TOY WAREHOUSE.]


    "Pray, what would you like?" said a Toyman, one day,
      Addressing a group of young folks,
    "I have toys in abundance, and very cheap, too,
      Though not quite so cheap as my jokes.



    "Here's a famous managerie, full of wild beasts;
      See! this lion with wide open jaws,
    Enough to affright one, and yet I've no doubt,
      You might venture to play with his claws.

    [Illustration]

    "Here's a tiger as tame as a lap-dog, you'll find,
      And a fox that will not steal the geese:
    So here you must own the old adage is proved,
      That wonders are never to cease."



    "Here's wagon well laden, and here is a dray,
      With horses and harness complete;
    You can drive them in parlour and drawing-room, too,
      As easily as in the street.

    [Illustration]

    "Here's a whole file of soldiers, quite ready for fight,
      And each of them armed with a gun;
    You may knock them all down with a feather, and then
      You may pocket them--every one.



    "Here's a fine stud of horses, which, strange though it sounds,
      Live neither