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Mary Ware in Texas

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About This Book

A young girl leaves an isolated mountain mining camp and arrives in Texas, where she adapts to social life in San Antonio, seeks a home in a small town, makes friends, and experiences life on ranches, in forts, and in artistic circles. The plot follows seasonal episodes, holidays, school events, and community celebrations such as San Jacinto Day, tracing her emotional growth through friendships and family ties. Episodes blend domestic concerns, gentle humor, and local color to portray everyday challenges, youthful adventures, and the forming of loyalties within a changing regional setting.

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Each one vol., 12mo, decorative cover, cloth, with six or more full-page illustrations in color.

Price per volume                     $0.60

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Our Little Alaskan CousinBy Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
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Our Little Armenian Cousin
Our Little Australian Cousin              By Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
Our Little Brazilian CousinBy Mary F. Nixon-Roulet
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Our Little Canadian CousinBy Elizabeth R. Macdonald
Our Little Chinese CousinBy Isaac Taylor Headland
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Our Little Egyptian CousinBy Blanche McManus
Our Little English CousinBy Blanche McManus
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Our Little French CousinBy Blanche McManus
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Our Little Hindu CousinBy Blanche McManus
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Our Little Irish Cousin
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Transcriber's Note:

Obvious punctuation errors were corrected.

This text uses "Weinachtsbaum" instead of "Weihnachtsbaum" many times and was left as printed.

The remaining corrections made are listed below and also indicated by dotted lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will appear.

Page 21, "Jask" changed to "Jack" ("Well?" queried Jack as)

Page 68, "embarassment" changed to "embarrassment" (my perch with embarrassment)

Page 162, "to" changed to "too" (may as well go too)

Page 189, "that's" changed to "that" (and the next that she's)

Page 223, "irridescent" changed to "iridescent" (minutes. The iridescent)

Page 232, "palate" changed to "palette" (get out palette and brushes)

Page 246, "role" changed to "rôle" (in the rôle of)

Page 323, "corrider" changed to "corridor" (stood in the corridor)

Page 324, "sea" changed to "seat" (circular seat surrounding)

Advertising Pages:

Page 4, "Ceronimo" changed to "Geronimo" (Geronimo, the renowned Apache)

Page 4, "atc." changed to "etc." (Apache chief, etc.)

Page 14, "d scribing" changed to "describing" (sketches describing the early)

Page 20, Our Little Alaskan Cousins, "Nixon-Roule" changed to "Nixon-Roulet" (Mary F. Nixon-Roulet)