Front matter
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FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS AND THEIR FRIENDS
By MARGARET SIDNEY
AUTHOR OF "FIVE LITTLE PEPPERS ABROAD," "A LITTLE MAID OF CONCORD TOWN," "SALLY, MRS. TUBBS," ETC.
Illustrated by Eugenie M. Wireman
[Illustration: "What are you doing, Phronsie, sitting down in the middle of the stairs?"—(See page 46.)]
To my daughter Margaret, who to her friends embodies "Polly Pepper" in her girlhood, I dedicate most lovingly this book.