A Dame School In England 1837

On a perch, forming a triangle with the corner of the room, sat a cock and two hens. Under a stump bed immediately beneath was a dog kennel in the occupation of three black terriërs, whose barking, added to the noise of the children and the cackling of the fowls on the approach of a stranger, was alniost deaf ening. There was only one small window, at which sat the teacher, obstructing three-fourths of the licht it