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Title: Vinzi: A Story of the Swiss Alps

Author: Johanna Spyri

Illustrator: Maria Louise Kirk

Translator: Elisabeth P. Stork

Release date: July 18, 2019 [eBook #59941]

Language: English

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VINZI
A STORY OF THE SWISS ALPS


The Stories All
Children Love Series

“This edition should be in every child’s room.”—Wisconsin Library Bulletin.

ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND. By Lewis Carroll.

GRITLI’S CHILDREN. By Johanna Spyri.

EVELI, THE LITTLE SINGER. By Johanna Spyri.

“CARROTS.” By Mrs. Molesworth.

LITTLE ROBINSON CRUSOE OF PARIS. By Eugénie Foa.

CHILDREN OF THE ALPS. By Johanna Spyri.

RIP VAN WINKLE AND THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW. By Washington Irving.

DORA. By Johanna Spyri.

VINZI. By Johanna Spyri.

HEIDI. By Johanna Spyri.

MÄZLI. By Johanna Spyri.

CORNELLI. By Johanna Spyri.

A CHILD’S GARDEN OF VERSES. By Robert Louis Stevenson.

THE LITTLE LAME PRINCE AND OTHER STORIES. By Miss Mulock.

GULLIVER’S TRAVELS. By Jonathan Swift.

THE WATER BABIES. By Charles Kingsley.

PINOCCHIO. By C. Collodi.

ROBINSON CRUSOE. By Daniel DeFoe.

THE CUCKOO CLOCK. Mrs. Molesworth.

THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN. By George Macdonald.

THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE. By George Macdonald.

AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND. By George Macdonald.

A DOG OF FLANDERS. By “Ouida.”

BIMBI. By “Ouida.”

MOPSA, THE FAIRY. By Jean Ingelow.

TALES OF FAIRYLAND. By Ferguson Hume.

HANS ANDERSEN’S FAIRY TALES.

THE SWISS FAMILY ROBINSON.


WHEN VINZI SAT ON HIS THRESHOLD HE HAD A GREAT MANY THINGS TO THINK OVER

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VINZI
A STORY OF THE SWISS ALPS


BY
JOHANNA SPYRI
AUTHOR OF “HEIDI,” “MÄZLI,” ETC.


TRANSLATED BY
ELISABETH P. STORK


ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY
MARIA L. KIRK



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