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The Calico Cat, by Charles Miner Thompson
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Title: The Calico Cat
Author: Charles Miner Thompson
Illustrator: F. R. Gruger
Release Date: December 3, 2006 [EBook #20010]
Language: English
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THE CALICO CAT
BY
CHARLES MINER THOMPSON
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
F. R. GRUGER
[Illustration: Logo]
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY The Riverside Press Cambridge 1908
COPYRIGHT, 1908, BY CHARLES MINER THOMPSON ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Published October, 1908
SECOND IMPRESSION
TO MY WIFE
NOTE
I have to make these acknowledgments: to Mr. Ira Rich Kent for many a helpful suggestion in the framing of the story; to the publishers of "The Youth's Companion," in which the tale first appeared, for permitting the use of Mr. Gruger's admirable illustrations, and to Mr. Francis W. Hight for the very pleasant cat which he has drawn for the cover.
THE AUTHOR
[Illustration: Cat dozing upon the top of the fence.]