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Title: Coffee and Repartee

Author: John Kendrick Bangs

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[Illustration: "'ARE YOU RELATED TO GOVERNOR McKINLEY?'"]

COFFEE AND REPARTEE

BY

JOHN KENDRICK BANGS

ILLUSTRATED

NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

1899

Harper's "Black and White" Series.

Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, 50 cents each.

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