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_THE CHILD ALONE_
_The Unseen Playmate_ 81
_My Ship and I_ 83
_My Kingdom_ 85
_Picture Books in Winter_ 87
_My Treasures_ 89
_Block City_ 91
_The Land of Story-Books_ 93
_Armies in the Fire_ 95
_The Little Land_ 97
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_GARDEN DAYS_
_Night and Day_ _Page_ 103
_Nest Eggs_ 107
_The Flowers_ 110
_Summer Sun_ 112
_The Dumb Soldier_ 114
_Autumn Fires_ 117
_The Gardener_ 119
_Historical Associations_ 121
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_ENVOYS_
_To Willie and Henrietta_ 125
_To my Mother_ 127
_To Auntie_ 128
_To Minnie_ 129
_To my Name-Child_ 133
_To any Reader_ 136
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_A CHILD'S
GARDEN of
Verses_
_Copyright 1895, by Charles Scribner's Sons_
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