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THE
LITTLE FIG-TREE STORIES

BY

MARY HALLOCK FOOTE

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR

BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1899

COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY MARY HALLOCK FOOTE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

AUTHOR’S NOTE