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John Henry Smith, by Frederick Upham Adams
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Title: John Henry Smith A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life
Author: Frederick Upham Adams
Release Date: March 3, 2005 [EBook #15247]
Language: English
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John Henry Smith
A Humorous Romance of Outdoor Life
By
FREDERICK UPHAM ADAMS Author of "John Burt" and "The Kidnapped Millionaires"
Illustrated for Mr. Smith by A.B. FROST
[Illustration]
NEW YORK Doubleday, Page & Company 1905
Copyright, 1905, by Doubleday, Page & Company Published June, 1905
All rights reserved, including that of translation into foreign languages, including the Scandinavian.
DEDICATED TO MY DAUGHTER Olive Marie Adams
TO THE READER
John Henry Smith has requested me to revise and edit his diary, and, to use his own expression, "See if I can make some kind of a book from it." It was his idea that I should eliminate certain marked passages, and disguise others, so as to conceal the identity of the originals. Since Mr. Smith is abroad I can do as I please. Aside from renaming his characte