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THE BLACK DOG

Tales


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By the Same Author

ADAM AND EVE AND PINCH ME
CLORINDA WALKS IN HEAVEN
HIPS AND HAWS

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THE BLACK DOG

And Other Stories by

A. E. COPPARD


[Illustration; Publisher's Device]






New York
Alfred A. Knopf
1923

Made and printed in Great Britain by Charles Whittingham
and Griggs (Printers), Ltd., London.




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I record my acknowledgments to the Editors of the following journal