The Motor Car Dumpy BookCrosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
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The Motor Car Dumpy Book
Crosland, T. W. H. (Thomas William Hodgson)
Automobiles -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children
These are the kind of clothes you wear when you go moting if you are a
woman.
This is the policeman you will see all along the road. He has a watch in
his hand, so that if you want to know the time you can ask him.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
This is the policeman you will not see all along the road. He is hiding
behind a milestone to find out whether you are driving too fast.
This is the magistrate who fines you L20 if you have been driving too
fast. It is best not to drive too fast.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
This is a motor car that is being driven too fast.
This is a motor car that won't go.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
This is a motor car that won't stop.
This is a motor car race. The fastest car will win.
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[Illustration]
This is a motor car accident.
This is another motor car accident.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
This is a motor omnibus for carrying a number of persons. If you see one
in the street you can stop it and have a ride for twopence.
This is a motor van. It is used by the shopman to deliver parcels to his
customers, and as it has his name and address on the sides and back it
is a good advertisement for him. Every shopman should have a motor van.
They look so smart.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
This is a toy motor car which runs round and round when you wind it up.
This is a toy motor car made of lead looping the loop.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
This is a toy motor car in which you can sit and have a ride if you work
the pedals with your feet. It has a steering wheel just like a real
car.
This is a motor bicycle, which saves you the trouble of working the
pedals. It can go quite fast, but if it breaks down it is very heavy to
pedal home.
[Illustration]
[Illustration]
This is a motor air-ship. Some day we shall all have them.
EDMUND EVANS,
ENGRAVER AND PRINTER,
THE RACQUET COURT PRESS,
SWAN STREET, LONDON, S.E.
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Transcriber's Note:
Obvious punctuation errors repaired.
End of Project Gutenberg's The Motor Car Dumpy Book, by T. W. H. Crosland
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