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HISTORIC BOYHOODS

by

RUPERT S. HOLLAND

Author of "The Count at Harvard," "Builders of United Italy," etc.







[Illustration: THE FLEET OF COLUMBUS NEARING AMERICA]



Philadelphia George W. Jacobs & Company Publishers

Copyright, 1909, by George W. Jacobs