Front matter
Reading edition
The Jack-in-the-Box Books
THE QUEER LITTLE MAN
MARION AMES TAGGART
The Jack-in-the-Box Books BY MARION AMES TAGGART Illustrated by ANNE MERRIMAN PECK
AT GREENACRES THE QUEER LITTLE MAN THE BOTTLE IMP POPPY’S PLUCK

“WHY NOT SIT UP ALL NIGHT,” SAID ISABEL. p. 213


The Jack-in-the-Box Books
THE QUEER LITTLE MAN
BY MARION AMES TAGGART AUTHOR OF “THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE,” “THE DAUGHTERS OF THE LITTLE GREY HOUSE,” ETC.
Illustrated by ANNE MERRIMAN PECK

NEW YORK GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1921, BY GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
DEDICATED TO HAROLD GERHART THAT DEAR LITTLE BOY WITH LOVE