Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
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GIRLS IN BOOKLAND
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE
A DEMURE LITTLE CROWD THEY WERE, STANDING PRIMLY, HAND IN HAND
GIRLS IN BOOKLAND
BY
HILDEGARDE HAWTHORNE
ILLUSTRATED BY
JOHN WOLCOTT ADAMS
NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1917,
BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1915, 1916,
BY THE BUTTERICK PUBLISHING COMPANY
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
To
My Four Little Nieces
UNA, ROSAMOND,
SYLVIA AND JOAN
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