1. What are some of the advantages of having these adventures narrated from the point of view of a doll?
2. The old peddler who carves Hitty out of a piece of mountain-ash wood from Ireland believes that the wood itself brings luck and protects against witchcraft and evil. Does this superstition play an important part in the story?
3. What does Mrs. Preble mean when she says to her husband, "You were always one for extravagance—two lamps burnin' an' no ship at sea"? Can you find and explain other "sea phrases"?
4. Why.....
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