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THE FAIRCHILD FAMILY

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Green hard cover with illustration of three small children (boy and two girls). Title reads The Fairchild Family, Grandmother's Favourites. Title page inside reads The Fairchild Family by Mrs Sherwood re-told by Jeanie Lang. Pictures by Evelyn Beale. Caption on fly leaf reads 'For Lillie with Our Love G.F. & H.F. Harvey, Xmas 1911. Frontis in colour: 'Whilst she was taking the last, she heard the cat mew'. 111 pages, illustrated in colour.

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cwa-org-51-B1995.201

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SHERWOOD, Mrs (retold by LANG, Jeanie)

Keywords

Children's Stories

Statement of significance

Book belonged to the Children of Gervaise Clifton (Donors Grandfather) and came from Nursery of "The Mount". Lillie in the caption is believed to be Annette Lily Clifton daughter of Gervaise.

Albany Historical Society Inc

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