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Title: The Husbands of Edith

Author: George Barr McCutcheon

Release Date: September 18, 2005 [eBook #16719]

Language: English

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THE HUSBANDS OF EDITH

by

GEORGE BARR McCUTCHEON

With Illustrations by Harrison Fisher
and Decorations by Theodore B. Hapgood

New York
Dodd, Mead & Company
The University Press, Cambridge, U.S.A.

1908

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OTHER BOOKS BY MR. McCUTCHEON

NEDRA
BEVERLY OF GRAUSTARK
THE DAY OF THE DOG
THE PURPLE PARASOL
THE SHERRODS
GRAUSTARK
CASTLE CRANEYCROW
BREWSTER'S MILLIONS
JANE CABLE
COWARDICE COURT
THE DAUGHTER OF ANDERSON CROW
THE FLYERS

* * * * * * *

[Illustration: Motif]

[Illustration: "'Don't you think Connie is a perfect
dear?'" (page 54)]

CONTENTS

CHAPTER Page

I HUSBANDS AND WIFE 1

II THE SISTER-IN-LAW 17

III THE DISTANT COUSINS 37

IV THE WOULD-BE BROTHER-IN-LAW 51

V THE FRIENDS OF THE FAMILY 70

VI OTHER RELATIONS 87

VII THE THREE GUARDIANS 102

VIII THE PRODIGAL HUSBAND 116

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'Don't you think Connie is a perfect
dear?'" (page 54)