Books by Mary Hallock Foote.
THE CHOSEN VALLEY. A Novel. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
THE LED-HORSE CLAIM. Illustrated. 16mo, $1.25; paper, 50 cents.
JOHN BODEWIN’S TESTIMONY. 12mo, $1.50; paper, 50 cents.
THE LAST ASSEMBLY BALL, and THE FATE OF A VOICE. 16mo,$1.25.
IN EXILE, AND OTHER STORIES. 16mo, $1.25.
CŒUR D’ALÉNE. A Novel. 16mo, $1.25.
THE CUP OF TREMBLING, AND OTHER STORIES. 16mo, $1.25.
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN & CO.
Boston and New York.
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THE
LITTLE FIG-TREE STORIES
BY
MARY HALLOCK FOOTE
WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THE AUTHOR
BOSTON AND NEW YORK
HOUGHTON, MIFFLIN AND COMPANY
The Riverside Press, Cambridge
1899
COPYRIGHT, 1899, BY MARY HALLOCK FOOTE
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
AUTHOR’S NOTE
These stories were originally published in the St. Nicholas Magazine,and are reprinted here by kind permission of the Century Company.
The profits of the volume are dedicated to the Children’s Hospital ofSan Francisco.