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THE

CORNER CUPBOARD

A Family Repository.

BY THE

EDITOR OF "ENQUIRE WITHIN UPON EVERYTHING," "THE INTERVIEW,"
"NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS," "THE REASON WHY," &c. &c.

"May heav'n ('tis all I wish for) send

One genial room to treat a friend,
Where decent CUPBOARD, little plate,
Display benevolence, not state."

TENTH THOUSAND.

LONDON:

HOULSTON AND WRIGHT, 65, PATERNOSTER ROW.

1858.

268.c.170.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY GRAHAM, DUGGAN, AND LOWE, 2A, NEW-STREET-SQUARE, SHOE-LANE. MACHINED BY THOMAS HARRILD, 11, SALISBURY-SQUARE, FLEET-STREET.

BODE

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PREFACE.

WE present the Reader with "the Freedom of the Cupboard," one of the greatest privileges that can be conferred upon civilised and domesticated beings.

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As an ancient and venerable institution, "THE CORNER CUPBOARD ” stands pre-eminent. Its name is derived from the good old Saxon

tongue, and has a synonyme in every language.

The CORNER CUPBOARD has, for many centuries, been an object cherished in the homes of the people...It has been the receptacle of the most treasured and time-honoured objects. Old people have kept the keys of the Corner Cupboard with a degree of pride, and have felt themselves to be the conservators of the domestic weal by holding sacred the contents of the family treasury. When the Corner Cupboard has been opened, children have gathered round their grandmammas, and have stood on tip-toe to catch a glimpse of what the Corner Cupboard contained.

Every

So may it be with our Literary "CORNER CUPBOARD." time it is opened we trust that some new object of value and interest will be found; and that the family circle, from the silver-haired grandmamma to the auburn-haired boy, will gather in a group and rejoice whenever "THE CORNER CUPBOARD" is unlocked.

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