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    Charles' Journey to France, and Other Tales
    Charles' Journey to France, and Other Tales
    Charles' Journey to France, and Other Tales
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    Charles' Journey to France, and Other Tales

    By Mrs. (Anna Letitia) Barbauld

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      Charles' Journey to France, and Other Tales - Mrs. (Anna Letitia) Barbauld

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      Title: Charles' Journey to France, and Other Tales

      Author: Anna Laetitia Barbauld

      Release Date: July 11, 2011 [eBook #36707]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK CHARLES' JOURNEY TO FRANCE, AND OTHER TALES***

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      UNCLE THOMAS' STORIES FOR GOOD CHILDREN.

      CHARLES' JOURNEY TO FRANCE,

      AND OTHER TALES.

      BY MRS. BARBAULD.

      WORCESTER:

      EDWARD LIVERMORE.

      UNCLE THOMAS'

      STORIES

      FOR

      GOOD CHILDREN.

      UNCLE THOMAS.

      CHARLES' JOURNEY TO FRANCE,

      AND OTHER TALES.

      BY MRS. BARBAULD.

      WORCESTER:

      EDWARD LIVERMORE.

      1847.

      Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,

      By Edward Livermore,

      In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

      GREENFIELD:

      MERRIAM AND MIRICK, PRINTERS.

      INTRODUCTION.

      Uncle Thomas' Stories for Good Children.

      The design of this Series of unpretending little books, is, to give to the Young, information, joined with amusement.

      They are prepared for young children, and if, from the reading of these stories, they acquire a love for good books, the compiler's object will be accomplished.

      Contents.

      STORY OF A JOURNEY TO FRANCE.

      Well, Charles, we will take a journey. We will go to France. We will see some of the world besides home.

      Bring your hat. Good-bye, Papa. Farewell, Billy, and

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