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Title: Careless Jane and Other Tales

Author: Katharine Pyle

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Language: English

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[Illustration]

CARELESS JANE

and other Tales

by

KATHARINE PYLE

[Illustration]

New York
E. P. Dutton & Company
681 Fifth Ave.

Published April, 1902

_First Printing April, 1902_
_Second " November, 1904_
_Third " January, 1907_
_Fourth " February, 1909_
_Fifth " June, 1910_
_Sixth " September, 1911_
_Seventh " July, 1913_
_Eighth " May, 1915_
_Ninth " July, 1916_
_Tenth " October, 1917_
_Eleventh " December, 1918_
_Twelfth " February, 1920_
_Thirteenth " July, 1921_
_Fourteenth " April, 1923_
_Fifteenth " January, 1924_
_Sixteenth " November, 1924_
_Sevent'nth " March, 1925_
_Eighteenth " February, 1926_
_Nineteenth " October, 1926_
_Twentieth " August, 1927_
_Tw'ty-first " March, 1928_

_Printed in the United States of America_

Contents

Page

Careless Jane 7

Boisterous Ann 15

The Brot