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Excerpt from Uncle Charlie's Story Book: Fun, Fact, and Fancy, (Fiftieth Birthday Souvenir) Seven years have passed since Uncle Charlie's Poems was launched on the literary sea. Three years later Uncle Char lie's Song Book ventured forth to court public favor. Both books have gone into thousands Of homes, and over two hun dred enthusiastic newspaper notices and thousands of still more enthusiastic letters eloquently bear witness to the pleas ure and satisfaction Of those who possess these volumes Of mirth and melody. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.