THE SPECTACLE MAN


Out of a song the story grew;
Just how it happened nobody knew,
But, song and story, it all came true.

BOOKS BY MARY F. LEONARD.


THE SPECTACLE MAN. A Story of the Missing Bridge. 266 pages. Cloth. $1.00.
MR. PAT'S LITTLE GIRL. A Story of the Arden Foresters. 322 pages. Cloth. $1.50.
THE PLEASANT STREET PARTNERSHIP. A Neighborhood Story. 269 pages. Cloth. $.75, net.

"The Spectacle Man, leaning his elbows on the show-case""The Spectacle Man, leaning his elbows on the show-case"

The Spectacle Man

A Story of the Missing Bridge


By

Mary F. Leonard

AUTHOR OF

"THE BIG FRONT DOOR"

Illustrated by Frank T. Merrill


W. A. WILDE COMPANY

BOSTON AND CHICAGO


Copyright, 1901,

By W. A. Wilde Company.

All rights reserved.


TO THE ONE

Whose Love has been from Childhood

An Unfailing Inspiration

Whose Friendship has made Dark Paths Light

This Little Book is Dedicated

In Memory of "Remembered Hours"


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