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THE FIRST GLOOMSTER]
THE DREAMERS
A Club. _Being a More or Less Faithful
Account of the Literary Exercises
of the First Regular Meeting
of that Organization, Reported by_
JOHN KENDRICK BANGS
_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS_
_By_ EDWARD PENFIELD
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NEW YORK AND LONDON
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1899
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