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A. S. DAVIS.

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The Magic Figure.

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A Useful Candle.

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A New VBaesrskieotnTorfictkh.e Indian

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WALTER BLAU.

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A Cord and Two Rings.

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SOME RECOLLECTIONS

BY

WILL GOLDSTON.
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The Author. Top left hand picture taken at the age of fifteen
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