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Title: Short Stories of Various Types

Author: Various

Editor: Laura F. Freck

Release Date: March 15, 2007 [eBook #20831]

Language: English

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SHORT STORIES OF VARIOUS TYPES

Edited with an Introduction and Notes by

LAURA F. FRECK,
Head of the English Department in the High School, Jamestown, New York

[Illustration: JAMES MATTHEW BARRIE]

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