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Title: Swiss Fairy Tales

Author: William Elliot Griffis

Illustrator: George L. Carlson

Release date: January 7, 2023 [eBook #69739]
Most recently updated: October 19, 2024

Language: English

Original publication: United States: Thomas Y. Crowell Company, 1920

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IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER

IT SIMPLY KNOCKED OVER THE OLD TOWER

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Swiss Fairy Tales
By
WILLIAM ELLIOT GRIFFIS
Author of “The Firefly’s Lovers,” “The Unmannerly Tiger,” “Dutch Fairy Tales,” “Belgian Fairy Tales,” etc.
NEW YORK
THOMAS Y. CROWELL COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

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Copyright, 1920,
By Thomas Y. Crowell Co.

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DEDICATED
IN RADIANT MEMORIES
OF MY SWISS MATERNAL ANCESTRY
NEAR VALLEY FORGE
FROM WHOSE LIPS I FIRST HEARD STORIES OF
WASHINGTON, LAFAYETTE, STEUBEN
AND OF SWITZERLAND
THE LAND OF THE EDELWEISS [v]