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Title: The Squirrel-Cage

Author: Dorothy Canfield

Illustrator: John Alanzo Williams

Release Date: December 8, 2007 [EBook #23768]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Paul stood by her, looking down into her eyes, bending
over her, smiling, pressing, confident, masterful. (Page 96)]

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THE SQUIRREL-CAGE

By
DOROTHY CANFIELD

With Illustrations By
JOHN ALONZO WILLIAMS

New York
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
1912

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Copyright, 1911, 1912,
By
THE RIDGWAY COMPANY

Copyright, 1912,
By
HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY

Published March, 1912

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CONTENTS

BOOK I

THE FAIRY PRINCESS

CHAPTER PAGE

I An American Family 3
II American Beauties 12
III Picking up the Threads 22
IV The Dawn 32
V The Day Begins 42
VI Lydia's Godfather 55
VII Outside the Labyrinth 61
VIII The