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                      THE
               ANIMAL STORY BOOK

                   EDITED BY
                  ANDREW LANG


  _WITH NUMEROUS ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. J. FORD_


       [Illustration: {TWO ORAN OTANS}]


           LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
     FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEW YORK
      LONDON, BOMBAY, CALCUTTA AND MADRAS
                     1914


              _Copyright, 1896,_
           By Longmans, Green, & Co.

            _All rights reserved._

        First Edition, September, 1896.
    Reprinted, November, 1896, July, 1899,
          June, 1904, February, 1909,
               September, 1914.




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