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    Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog
    Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog
    Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog
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    Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog

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    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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    Thomas Bailey Aldrich

    Thomas Bailey Aldrich; November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is notable for his long editorship of The Atlantic Monthly, during which he published works by Charles W. Chesnutt and others. He was also known for his semi-autobiographical book The Story of a Bad Boy, which established the "bad boy's book" sub genre in nineteenth-century American literature, and for his poetry, which included "The Unguarded Gates" (Wikipedia)

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      Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog - Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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      Title: Our New Neighbors At Ponkapog

      Author: Thomas Bailey Aldrich

      Release Date: November 6, 2007 [EBook #23360]

      Last Updated: November 30, 2012

      Language: English

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      OUR NEW NEIGHBORS AT PONKAPOG

      By Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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      Copyright, 1873, 1885, and 1901

      When I saw the little house building, an eighth of a mile beyond my own, on the Old Bay Road, I wondered who were to be the tenants. The modest structure was set well back from the road, among the trees, as if the inmates were to care nothing whatever for a view of the stylish equipages which sweep by during the summer season. For my part, I like to see the passing, in town or country; but each has his own unaccountable taste. The proprietor, who seemed to be also the architect of the new house, superintended the various details of the work with an assiduity that gave me a high opinion of his intelligence and executive ability, and I congratulated myself on the prospect

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