Front matter
Reading edition
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THE AUTHOR AT THE AGE OF 30 [A.D. 1880]
Culture’s Garland BEING MEMORANDA OF THE GRADUAL RISE OF LITERATURE, ART, MUSIC AND SOCIETY IN CHICAGO, AND OTHER WESTERN GANGLIA
BY
EUGENE FIELD
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
JULIAN HAWTHORNE

BOSTON
Ticknor and Company
211 Tremont Street
1887
Copyright, 1887, by
TICKNOR & COMPANY.
All rights reserved.
ELECTROTYPED AND PRINTED
BY RAND AVERY COMPANY.
BOSTON
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