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STORIES OF NEW JERSEY

by

FRANK R. STOCKTON







New York--Cincinnati--Chicago
American Book Company
1896

Copyright, 1896, by
American Book Company.

STO. OF N. J.
W. P. I




PREFACE.


This volume of stories, composed of historical incidents, or material
connected with the history of New Jersey, is not intended to be a
record, even in a condensed form, of the rise and progress of the State.
The stories are arranged chronologically, but there has been no attempt
to give a complete and continuous account of events or epochs. The
material for the stories has 