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THE SQUIRREL-CAGE
By DOROTHY CANFIELD
With Illustrations By JOHN ALONZO WILLIAMS
New York HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY 1912
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Copyright, 1911, 1912, By THE RIDGWAY COMPANY
Copyright, 1912, By HENRY HOLT AND COMPANY
Published March, 1912
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CONTENTS
BOOK I
THE FAIRY PRINCESS
CHAPTER PAGE
I An American Family 3 II American Beauties 12 III Picking up the Threads 22 IV The Dawn 32 V The Day Begins 42 VI Lydia's Godfather 55 VII Outside the Labyrinth 61 VIII The Shadow of the Coming Event 78 IX Father and Daughter 88 X Casus Belli 99
BOOK II
IN THE LOCOMOTIVE CAB
XI What is Best for Lydia 115 XII A Sop to the Wolves 122 XIII Lydia Decides in Perfect Freedom 131 XIV Mid-Season Nerves 139 XV A Half-Hour's Liberty 154 XVI Engaged to be Married 165 XVII Card-Dealing and Patent Candles 177