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THE STORY HOUR

A BOOK FOR THE HOME AND THE KINDERGARTEN

By Kate Douglas Wiggin and Nora A. Smith



Therefore ear and heart open to the genuine story teller, as flowers
open to the spring sun and the May rain.

FRIEDRICH FROEBEL





CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION. Kate Douglas Wiggin

PREF