BACKLOG STUDIES

By Charles Dudley Warner

CONTENTS

FIRST STUDY

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II

III

IV

SECOND STUDY

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II

III

IV

THIRD STUDY

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II

III

IV

FOURTH STUDY     

FIFTH STUDY

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II

III

IV

V

SIXTH STUDY

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II

III

SEVENTH STUDY

EIGHTH STUDY

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II

III

NINTH STUDY

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II

III

IV

TENTH STUDY

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II

III

ELEVENTH STUDY

FIRST STUDY

I

The fire on the hearth has almost gone out in New England; the hearth has gone out; the family has lost its center; age ceases to be respected; sex is only distinguished by a difference between millinery bills and tailors' bills; there is no more toast-and-cider; the young are not allowed to eat mince-pies at ten o'clock at night; half a cheese is no longer set to toast before the fire;