Transcriber's Note:
In the original gift edition, there are 8 margin images repeated on each page,these have been preserved and reproduced at the beginning of each chapter.
Inconsistent hyphenation in the original document has been preserved.
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HEIDI
GIFT EDITION
WAVING HER HAND AND LOOKING AFTER HER DEPARTING FRIENDTILL HE SEEMED NO BIGGER THAN A LITTLE DOTToList
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HEIDI
BY
JOHANNA SPYRI
TRANSLATED BY
ELISABETH P. STORK
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY
CHARLES WHARTON STORK, A.M., Ph.D.
14 ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY
MARIA L. KIRK
GIFT EDITION
PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
1919
COPYRIGHT, 1915. BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
ADDITIONAL ILLUSTRATIONS AND DECORATIONS
COPYRIGHT, 1919, BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
PRINTED BY J.B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA, U.S.A.
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INTRODUCTION
Unassuming in plot and style, "Heidi" may none the less lay claim torank as a world classic. In the first place, both background andcharacters ring true. The air of the Alps is wafted to us in everypage; the house among the pines, the meadows, and the eagle poisedabove the naked rocks form a picture that no one could willinglyforget. And the pe