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Title: Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin

Author: Edith A. (Edith Augusta) Sawyer

Release Date: May 28, 2014 [eBook #45797]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

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"A SLIM SLIP OF A BOY . . . WALKED AT THE HEAD OF A PAIR OF FAWN-COLORED OXEN."   (See page 1)

	Jose: Our Little Portuguese Cousin By Edith A. Sawyer Author of "The Christmas Makers' Club," "Elsa's Gift Home," etc. Illustrated by Diantha Horne Marlowe Boston L. C. Page & Company MDCCCCXI

Preface

One of the important historic events of the present century is the revolution which took place in Portugal on the third day of October, 1910, when King Manuel II lost his throne. The king and his mother were exiled and fled from Lisbon, the capital city, to England. A republic was proclaimed throughout Portugal, and a new,