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by Frank R. Stockton. 302 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Frank R. Stockton

Publisher:

   Charles Scribner's Sons

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1908
Subjects:   Fiction
Table of contents
CONTENTS
THE MAGIC EGG 3
"HIS WIFE'S DECEASED SISTER" 23
THE WIDOW'S CRUISE 41
CAPTAIN ELI'S BEST EAR 63
LOVE BEFORE BREAKFAST 95
THE STAYING POWER OF SIR ROHAN 129
A PIECE OF RED CALICO 163
THE CHRISTMAS WRECK 173
MY WELL AND WHAT CAME OUT OF IT 195
MR. TOLMAN 221
MY UNWILLING NEIGHBOR 255
OUR ARCHERY CLUB 283
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