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MIKE'S CROTCHETS IN WAR-TIME.ToList MIKE MARBLE: HIS CROTCHETS AND ODDITIES. With Tinted Illustrations. BY UNCLE FRANK, AUTHOR OF "A PEEP AT OUR NEIGHBORS," "THE PEDDLER'S BOY," "THE DIVING BELL," "WILLOW LANE STORIES," ETC. BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & COMPANY, PUBLISHERS. Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1852, By Phillips, Sampson & Co., In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. STEREOTYPED BY BILLIN & BROTHERS, No. 10 North William Street, N.Y. WRIGHT & HASTY, Printers, 3 Water Street, Boston. CONTENTS. Page CHAPTER I. ABOUT CROTCHETS 7 CHAPTER II. CROTCHETY FOLKS 15 CHAPTER III. LIGHTS AND SHADOWS 27 CHAPTER IV. CHIPS FROM BIRCH WOODS 35 CHAPTER V. A PAIR OF THIEVES 54 CHAPTER VI. PAYING HIM OFF 68 CHAPTER VII. MIKE'S CROTCHETS IN WAR-TIME 92 CHAPTER VIII. THE BUMBLE-BEES' NEST 109 CHAPTER IX. HOW A BARN WAS BUILT 127 CHAPTER X. ANOTHER BLOCK OF MARBLE 134 CHAPTER XI. MIKE MARBLE'S LAST DAYS 150 ILLUSTRATIONS. MIKE'S CROTCHETS IN WAR-TIME (Frontispiece) VIGNETTE TITLE-PAGE 1 THE BOY IN THE WOODS 48 OLD IRONSIDES AND THE CHILDREN 63 A CRYING SPELL 77 PAYING FOR MISCHIEF 124 MIKE MARBLE AND THE BEGGAR 135 MIKE MARBLE IN HIS OLD AGE 147 MIKE MARBLE. CHAP. I.ToC ABOUT CROTCHETS. Don't be frightened, reader, at what you see on the title-page of this book, or at the head which I have given to my first chapter. Don't let the idea creep into your head, that I am going to give you a dull and sleepy essay on music. It is not the crotchets which you find in the singing-book, that I… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fmike-marble-his-crotchets-and-oddities) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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