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[Illustration: MIKE'S CROTCHETS IN WAR-TIME.]
UNCLE FRANK'S
BOY'S & GIRL'S
LIBRARY,
BY
FRANCIS C. WOODWORTH,
EDITOR OF WOODWORTH'S YOUTH'S CABINET.
[Illustration]
MIKE MARBLE:
HIS CROTCHETS AND ODDITIES.
With Tinted Illustrations.
BY
UNCLE FRANK,
AUTHOR OF "A PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS," "THE PEDDLER'S BOY,"
"THE DIVING BELL," "WILLOW LANE STORIES," ETC.
BOSTON:
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & COMPANY,
PUBLISHERS.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852,
By PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for
the District of Massachusetts.
STEREOTYPED BY
BILLIN & BROTHERS,
No. 10 NORTH WILLIAM STREET, N.Y.
WRIGHT & HASTY,
Printers, 3 Water Street, Boston.
CONTENTS.
PAGE
CHAPTER I.
ABOUT CROTCHETS 7