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Published by Perry Mason Company, The Youth's Companion, Boston, 1925, 1925. Hardcover. Good. [1st ed., 1st printing] ; 236 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations ; 17 cm OCLC 5703850 LC PZ7.S832 Hap1925 ; green cloth with gold designs and lettering ; the first volume in several featuring the Old Squire ; name on front endpaper; presentation from The Youth's Companion to Jane Gorsuch, December 14, 1925, very likely the young girl referenced in the preface ; "..this little volume of stories was compiled at the suggestion of a young lady subscriber of The Youth's Companion, who lives on a fruit farm in Idaho. The account she writes of her home there is most interesting. She has sent me a picture of it and of herself in a family group with her parents and two brothers, and has asked me to have a book of short stories printed, 'kind of funny ones,' she says, 'such as could be read aloud at evening gatherings, school exhibitions and when our garden Club meets.' I felt so flattered I set…
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