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Fables in Slang, by George Ade
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Title: Fables in Slang
Author: George Ade
Illustrator: Clyde J. Newman
Release Date: May 4, 2008 [EBook #25322]
Language: English
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Fables in Slang
Fables in Slang
FABLES
IN
SLANG
by GEORGE ADE
ILLUSTRATED by CLYDE J.
NEWMAN
PUBLISHED BY
HERBERT S. STONE AND COMPANY CHICAGO & NEW YORK
MDCCCCI
COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY HERBERT S. STONE & CO.
The Author and the Publishers wish to acknowledge the courtesy of VICTOR F. LAWSON, ESQ., in permitting the reissue of these Fables in book form, after their appearance in the columns of THE CHICAGO RECORD.
SIXTY-EIGHTH THOUSAND
Table of Contents
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The Fable of the Visitor Who Got a Lot for Three Dollars 1
The Fable of the Slim Girl Who Tried to Keep a Date that was