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by St. George Rathborne


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  =FIVE MICE IN A MOUSE TRAP=

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  =WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE=

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  By BURTON E. STEVENSON

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  Cover design and decorations by Peter Verberg.

  "A mighty attractive volume in which the owner may record the goodtimes she has on decorated pages, and under the directions as it wereof Annie Fellows Johnston."--_Buffalo Express._

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  Transcriber's Notes:

  Varied hyphenation retained as in nearby and near-by.

  Page 159, "fine" changed to "find" (could find safety)

 



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