Ted and the Telephone

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TED AND THE TELEPHONE
By Sara Ware Bassett
The Invention Series Paul and the Printing Press Steve and the Steam Engine Ted and the Telephone
The Invention Series
TO THE MEMORY OF
EDWIN T. HOLMES
WHO PLAYED A PART IN THE WONDERFUL TELEPHONE STORY, THIS BOOK IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
S. W. B.
It gives me much pleasure to acknowledge the generosity of Mr. Thomas Augustus Watson, the associate of and co-worker with Mr. Alexander Graham Bell, who has placed at my disposal his Birth and Babyhood of the Telephone.
Also the courtesy of Mrs. Edwin T. Holmes who has kindly allowed me to make use of her husband's book: A Wonderful Fifty Years.
The Author.