Front matter
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The doll’s awakening
THE STORY OF LIVE DOLLS
BEING AN ACCOUNT BY
JOSEPHINE SCRIBNER GATES
OF HOW, ON A CERTAIN JUNE MORNING, ALL OF THE DOLLS IN THE VILLAGE OF CLOVERDALE CAME ALIVE
WITH MANY PICTURES MADE AT THE TIME BY
VIRGINIA KEEP
M.A. Donohue & Co. Publishers Chicago
Copyright 1901 By The Bowen-Merrill Company
TO MY LITTLE DAUGHTER CHARLOTTE WHOSE TENDER DEVOTION TO HER DOLLS INSPIRED THE STORY