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A COUNTRY IDYL

AND

OTHER STORIES

BY

SARAH KNOWLES BOLTON

AUTHOR OF “POOR BOYS WHO BECAME FAMOUS,” “GIRLS WHO BECAME
FAMOUS,” “FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHORS,” “FAMOUS
AMERICAN STATESMEN,” “FAMOUS MEN OF SCIENCE,”
“FAMOUS EUROPEAN ARTISTS,” “FAMOUS TYPES OF
WOMANHOOD,” “STORIES FROM LIFE,” “FROM
HEART AND NATURE” (POEMS), “FAMOUS ENGLISH
AUTHORS,” “FAMOUS ENGLISH STATESMEN,”
“FAMOUS VOYAGERS,” “FAMOUS
LEADERS AMONG WOMEN,” “FAMOUS
LEADERS AMONG MEN,” “SOCIAL
STUDIES IN ENGLAND,” “THE
INEVITABLE, AND OTHER
POEMS,” ETC.

NEW YORK: 46 East Fourteenth Street

THOMAS Y. CROWELL & COMPANY

BOSTON: 100 Purchase Street

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Copyright, 1898,
By Thomas Y. Crowell & Company.

ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL PRESS, BOSTON.

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TO

CHARLES

AND

ETHEL


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