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The American Child, by Elizabeth McCracken
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Title: The American Child
Author: Elizabeth McCracken
Release Date: December 7, 2003 [eBook #10398]
Language: English
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The American Child
by Elizabeth Mccracken
With Illustrations from photographs by Alice Austin
1913
[Illustration: COMPANIONS AND FRIENDS]
to My Father And Mother
PREFACE
The purpose of this preface is that of every preface--to say "thank you" to the persons who have helped in the making of the book.
I would render thanks first of all to the Editors of the "Outlook" for permission to reprint the chapters of the book which appeared as articles in the monthly magazine numbers of their publication.
I return thanks also to Miss Rosamond F. Rothery, Miss Sara Cone Bryant, Miss Agnes F. Perkins, and Mr. Ferris Greenslet. Without the help and encouragement of all of these, the book never would have been written.
Finally, I wish to say an additional word of thanks to my physician, Dr. John E. Stillwell. Had it not been for his consummate skill and untiring care after an accident, which, four years ago, made me a yea