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Title: The Land of Long Ago

Author: Eliza Calvert Hall

Illustrator: G. Patrick Nelson
Beulah Strong

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Language: English

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THE LAND OF LONG AGO

[Illustration: "'HERE'S A PICTURE O' HENRIETTA'S HOUSE, CHILD.'"
FRONTISPIECE, _See Page 119_.]

The Land of
Long Ago

By
Eliza Calvert Hall

Author of
"Aunt Jane of Kentucky"

Illustrated by
G. Patrick Nelson
&
Beulah Strong

Boston
Little, Brown, & Company
1909

_Copyright, 1907, 1908, 1909_,
BY COSMOPOLITAN PUBLISHING COMPANY.

_Copyright, 1909_,
BY LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY.

_All rights reserved_

Published, September, 1909

Printers
S.J. PARKHILL & CO., BOSTON, U.S.A.

TO
My Children,
MARGERY, ALEXANDER, THOMAS, AND CECILIA,
I DEDICATE THIS BOOK

[Illustration]

CHAPTERS

PAGE

I. A RIDE TO TOWN 1

II. THE HOUSE THAT WAS A WEDDING FEE