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The American Girls Handy Book: How to Amuse Yourself and Others (Nonpareil Books)

by Lina Beard, Adelia Beard · 1887

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A reprint of a gay nineties publication for young ladies instructing them in such hobbies as fancy needlework, handmade dolls, china painting, painting in oils, heraldic painting, preservation of wild flowers, and many others.

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historical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of this
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childhoodchildhoodMore like thisLess of this
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USAUSAMore like thisLess of this
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childrens
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long · 480 pages

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