Published October, 1904
Third Impression, March, 1910
Fourth Impression, February, 1911
Fifth Impression, March, 1914
Sixth impression, July, 1919
THE COLONIAL PRESS
C.H. SIMONDS CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.
TO
THE BOY
WHO HAS MADE ALL BOYHOOD DEAR TO ME—
MY ONLY SON
John
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| "His serious little face puckered into an an anxious frown" (See page 4) | [Frontispiece] |
| "Every one was making patchwork" | [6] |
| "'Dear as it is to me, it is not so dear as the keeping of my word'" | [11] |
| "The familiar squares of faded patchwork met his eye" | [19] |
| "Each boy longed to own it" | [30] |
| "Hoeing away in his garden" | [38] |
| "'I stopped and read it through twice'" | [44] |
| "'And that kid just started off on foot'" | [52] |