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Lettering and Color Plates
BY FRED · R · BARTHOLOMEW
Chicago and New York
Rand, McNally & Company
Publishers
A Fore Word:
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This book is no arithmetic
To vex the mind of youth;
Its pages may, perhaps, appear
To be devoid of truth.
But by these tales the young who learn
To recognize a lie,
To that extent will know the truth,
And profit much thereby.]
Copyright, 1901, by Rand, McNally & Co., Chicago.
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This Book is dedicated to
MAE HARRIS ANSON
EDITOR OF THE
MINNEAPOLIS JOURNAL JUNIOR
whose object is
to amuse and educate children]