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Merrill's English Texts
SHORT STORIES OF VARIOUS TYPES
EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES BY
LAURA F. FRECK,
HEAD OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT IN THE HIGH SCHOOL,
JAMESTOWN, NEW YORK
