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Front Cover

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For all girls who love to
make pretty things.
Jane Eayre Fryer

THE
MARY FRANCES
SEWING BOOK


or
ADVENTURES AMONG THE
THIMBLE PEOPLE

By
JANE EAYRE FRYER


Illustrated by
JANE ALLEN BOYER


THE JOHN C. WINSTON CO.
PHILADELPHIA

CAUTION

The entire contents of this book are protected by the
stringent new copyright law, and all persons are warned
not to attempt to reproduce the text, in whole or in part,
or any of the illustrations.

Copyright, 1913, by
Jane Eayre Fryer

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

THE MARY FRANCES COOK BOOK
――OR――
ADVENTURES AMONG THE KITCHEN PEOPLE

The Mary Frances Cook Book is the exceptionallyclever and fascinating story of a little girl who wanted tolearn to help her mother. Only it is much more than astory. It tells in story form how Mary Frances learnedto cook. She wants to know what all the kitchen potsand pans are for, so she asks them. And they tell her―thepots and pans talk. The book gives recipes in thesimplest, plainest words. It describes every operationclearly―just what Mary Frances did, and how she learnedto avoid mistakes. The book stimulates the imaginationand creates a desire to follow Mary Frances’ example.8vo. Cloth, 170 pages. Over 200 colored illustrationsby Margaret G. Hays and Jane Allen Boyer.

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