Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their TimesBrooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
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Historic Boys: Their Endeavours, Their Achievements, and Their Times
Brooks, Elbridge S. (Elbridge Streeter)
Biography -- Juvenile literature; Boys -- Biography
#The Horse and his Ways#: Stories of Man and his best Friend.
#The Shoemaker's Present#: a Legendary Story.
#Lights to Walk by#: Stories for the Young.
#The Little Merchant#: and other Stories.
#Nicholina#: a Story about an Iceberg.
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SIMPLE LESSONS IN FLOWER PAINTING.
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