Hope Dunlap was an American artist who was born in Topeka, Kansas in 1881. He is known for his illustrations of children's books: Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Little Lame Prince and His Travelling Cloak 1909, The Muffin Shop. Despite of several reprints of books with illustrations by Hope Dunlap, there isn't a lot of information on his life in the internet.
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"Come in!" - the Mayor cried, looking bigger: And in did come the strangest figure!"
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From street to street he piped advancing...
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And step for step they followed dancing.
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The little boys and girls ran merrily after.
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The wonderful music with shouting and laughter.
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A wondrous portal opened wide.
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And never hear of that country more!
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Frontispiece
And bit the babies in the cradles
At last the people in a body to the Town Hall came flocking
