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    The Kitten's Garden of Verses
    The Kitten's Garden of Verses
    The Kitten's Garden of Verses
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    The Kitten's Garden of Verses

    By Oliver Herford

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    Release dateJan 1, 2008

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      The Kitten's Garden of Verses - Oliver Herford

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      Title: The Kitten's Garden of Verses

      Author: Oliver Herford

      Release Date: November 10, 2007 [EBook #23433]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KITTEN'S GARDEN OF VERSES ***

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      The Kitten’s Garden

      of Verses

      By

      Oliver Herford

      New York · Charles Scribner’s Sons

      1911

      Copyright, 1911, by Oliver Herford

      BOOKS BY OLIVER HERFORD

      WITH PICTURES BY THE AUTHOR

      PUBLISHED BY CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

      WITH JOHN CECIL CLAY

      To HAFIZ

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