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HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY
The Riverside Press Cambridge
COPYRIGHT, 1924, BY NORA ARCHIBALD SMITH
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CAMBRIDGE · MASSACHUSETTS
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CONTENTS
| I. | The Island | [ 1] |
| II. | Stumpy and the Storehouse | [ 7] |
| III. | The Light and the Lighthouse | [ 16] |
| IV. | Honest Jim Crow | [ 26] |
| V. | A Picnic with Stumpy | [ 35] |
| VI. | How the Cat Climbed | [ 46] |
| VII. | In the Fog | [ 57] |
| VIII. | The White Slipper | [ 72] |
| IX. | Lesley to the Rescue! | [ 87] |
ILLUSTRATIONS
| The Children, Jenny Lind, and Jim Crow | [ Frontispiece] |
| “Jim Crow,” a privileged visitor, adding an occasional low croak to the conversation | [ 24] |
| As they drew near an odor arose that was the best kind of po’try in itself | [ 37] |
| Lesley could plainly see his small figure in the Gateway | [ 49] |
| He danced gayly about the room, tossing his crown before him like a ball | [ 85] |
Drawn by Elinor M. Goodridge
CHILDREN OF THE
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