Front matter

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THE HOLE IN THE WALL

BY ARTHUR MORRISON

LONDON EYRE & SPOTTISWOODE

The Hole in the Wall was first published in 1902. First published in The Century Library, 1947.

The Century Library is printed in England by Billing and Sons Ltd., Guildford and Esher, for Eyre & Spottiswoode (Publishers) Ltd., 15 Bedford Street, London, W.C. 2, and bound by James Burn and Company Ltd., Royal Mills, Esher

To MRS. CHARLES EARDLEY-WILMOT