[front cover]
THE
MONKEY’S FROLIC.

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LONDON:
GRANT AND GRIFFITH,
SUCCESSORS TO
J. HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD.

[title page]
THE
MONKEY’S FROLIC.

Publisher's device

LONDON:
GRANT AND GRIFFITH,
SUCCESSORS TO
JOHN HARRIS, CORNER OF ST. PAUL’S CHURCHYARD.

Our tale is a true one, from which may be taught

A maxim for youth, with utility fraught;—

If terrors assail you, examine the cause,

And all will be well;—for, by Nature’s kind laws,

Nor Goblins nor Spectres on earth have a station,—

These phantoms are all of ideal creation.