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Show QUAINT IDEAS OF CHILDREN. Collection That Reveals Workings of the Youthful Mind. The late Frederick It. Coudert, tho noted lawyer nnd wit, had n great kindness for children, Ho collected Indctutlgably the quaint sayings of children, nnd ono ot tho treasures of his library was a small manuscript volume lllled with definitions that children had composed. This volumo was culled "A Child's Dictionary," and theso aro somo ot tho definitions that Mr. Coudert would read from tho book: "Dust Mud with tho Juice squeozod out of It." "Snoring Lotting ,oft sleep." "Ilackbiter A mosquito." "Fan A thing to brush the warm off with." "Ico Water that went to sleep in tho cold." "Apples Tho bubblos that apple trees blow," Judgo's Magazlno of Fun. |