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Title: Little Aliens

Author: Myra Kelly

Release Date: May 29, 2010 [eBook #32581]

Language: English

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LITTLE ALIENS

by

MYRA KELLY

Author of "Little Citizens," "Wards of Liberty,"
"The Golden Season," Etc., Etc.

Illustrated

[Illustration: Together they retrieved it]

New York
Charles Scribner's Sons
1910

Copyright, 1910, by
Charles Scribner's Sons

Published April, 1910

[Decoration]

To
D. M. R.

CONTENTS

PAGE

"EVERY GOOSE A SWAN" 1

"GAMES IN GARDENS" 25

"A BRAND FROM THE BURNING" 63

FRIENDS 107

THE MAGIC CAPE 143

"BAILEY'S BABIES" 163

"THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES" 195

THE ETIQUETTE OF YETTA 227

A BENT TWIG 261

ILLUSTRATIONS

Together they retrieved it _Frontispiece_

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