The Last of the Huggermuggers

The Huggermuggers #1

by Christopher Pearse Cranch

"The Huggermuggers were not wicked and blood-thirsty. How different from the monsters one reads about in children's books! On the contrary, though they had little quarrels together now and then, they did not bite nor scratch, but seemed to live together as peaceably and lovingly, on the whole, as most married couples. And the only time he had a full view of their faces, Little Jacket saw in them an expression which was really good and benevolent..."

40 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1856