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OTHER VOLUMES IN THE “LITTLE SCHOOLMATES” SERIES Edited by FLORENCE CONVERSE
IN SUNNY SPAIN Katharine Lee Bates
UNDER GREEK SKIES Julia D. Dragoumis
A BOY IN EIRINN Padraic Colum
THE LAIRD OF GLENTYRE Emma M. Green
ELSBETH Margarethe Müller
GENEVIÈVE Laura Spencer Portor
KATRINKA: The Story of a Russian Child Helen E. Haskell
TREASURE FLOWER: A Child of Japan Ruth Gaines
THE VILLAGE SHIELD: A Story of Mexico Ruth Gaines and Georgia Willis Read
A BOY OF BRUGES: A Story of Belgian Child Life Emile and Tita Cammaerts
THE CART OF MANY COLORS: A Story of Italy Nannine La Villa Meiklejohn
ARCHAG THE LITTLE ARMENIAN Translated from the French of Charles H. Schnapps
it seemed empty
ROUND ROBIN
BY ABBIE FARWELL BROWN
America! America! God shed His grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea! —Katharine Lee Bates
NEW YORK E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY 681 FIFTH AVENUE
Copyright, 1921 By E. P. DUTTON & COMPANY
All Rights Reserved
Printed in the United States of America
TO Katharine Lee Bates SEER OF TRUTH, SAYER OF BEAUTY, SOWER OF WISDOM
God hath made of one blood all nations of men to dwell on the face of the earth.