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Title: The Cuckoo Clock

Author: Mrs. Molesworth

Illustrator: Maria L. Kirk

Release Date: April 27, 2009 [EBook #28619]

Language: English

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THE CUCKOO CLOCK

SIXTH IMPRESSION

"Stories All Children Love"

A SET OF CHILDREN'S CLASSICS THAT SHOULD BE IN EVERY WINTER HOME AND
SUMMER COTTAGE

Cornelli
By JOHANNA SPYRI
Translated by ELISABETH P. STORK

A Child's Garden of Verses
By ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

The Little Lame Prince & OTHER STORIES
By MISS MULOCK

Gulliver's Travels
By JONATHAN SWIFT

The Water Babies
By CHARLES KINGSLEY

Pinocchio
By C. COLLODI

Robinson Crusoe
By DANIEL DEFOE

Heidi By JOHANNA SPYRI
Translated by ELISABETH P. STORK

The Cuckoo Clock
By MRS. MOLESWORTH

The Swiss Family Robinson
Edited by G. E. MITTON

The Princess and Curdie
By GEORGE MACDONALD

The Princess and the Goblin
By GEORGE MACDONALD

At the Back of the North Wind
By GEORGE MACDONALD

A Dog of Flanders By "OUIDA"

Bimbi By "OUIDA"

Mopsa, the Fairy By JEAN INGELOW

The Chronicles of Fairyland
By FERGUS HUME

Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales

_Each Volume Beautifully Illustrated in Color._

_Decorated Cloth. Other Books in This Set are in Preparation._

[Illustration: A LITTLE GIRL DANCED INTO THE ROOM _Page 107_]

THE CUCKOO CLOCK

BY
MRS. MOLESWORTH

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY_
MARIA L. KIRK

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PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1914, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U. S. A.

To

MARY JOSEPHINE

AND TO THE DEAR MEMORY OF HER BROTHER

THOMAS GRIN