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THE LITTLE FIG-TREE STORIES
BY
MARY HALLOCK FOOTE
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY The Riverside Press, Cambridge 1899
COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY MARY HALLOCK FOOTE ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.