Postcards : to George Lyman Kitteridge : 1895-1906.

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Postcards : to George Lyman Kitteridge : 1895-1906.

Notes chiefly concerning personal matters and Furnivall's Chaucer research, with some mention of Francis James Child's work on English ballads.

55 items ; 11 x 15 cm. or smaller.

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Houghton Library

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