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Not Quite Eighteen

by Susan Coolidge

Not Quite Eighteen is a delightful collection of children’s stories that range from moral to whimsical. From unfinished fairy tales and daydreams about a pony who kept shop to a lesson on presence of mind, these anecdotes will entertain as well as improve the mind.

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Language

English

Original Language

English

Published In

1894

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Susan Coolidge

United States

Sarah Chauncey Woolsey was an American children's author who wrote under the pen name Susan Coolidge. Woolsey was born on January 29, 1835 into the wealthy, influential New England Dwight family, in...

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