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People You Know, by George Ade
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Title: People You Know
Author: George Ade
Release Date: September 27, 2004 [EBook #13543]
Language: English
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PEOPLE YOU KNOW
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PEOPLE YOU KNOW
BY GEORGE ADE
ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN T. MCCUTCHEON AND OTHERS
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PREFACE
This little book is not supposed to contain any new information. It is made up of plain observations concerning people who live just around the corner. If the reader will bear in mind that only the people who live around the corner are discussed in this volume, there will be no chance for painful misunderstandings. I have no desire to rub the wrong way anyone who proves his true friendship by purchasing a copy of this Work. It may be advisable to explain that these Fables are written in the colloquial American language. The vocabulary employed is one that has become familiar to the ear, although it is seldom seen on the printed page. In other words, this volume contains a shameless amount of slang. If any part of it is unintelligible to the reader, he should be