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    Nets to Catch the Wind
    Nets to Catch the Wind
    Nets to Catch the Wind
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    Nets to Catch the Wind

    By Elinor Wylie

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Nets to Catch the Wind - Elinor Wylie

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      NETS TO CATCH THE WIND

      By ELINOR WYLIE

      CONTENTS

      BEAUTY

      THE EAGLE AND THE MOLE

      MADMAN'S SONG

      THE PRINKIN' LEDDIE

      AUGUST

      THE CROOKED STICK

      ATAVISM

      WILD PEACHES

      SANCTUARY

      THE LION AND THE LAMB

      THE CHURCH-BELL

      A CROWDED TROLLEY CAR

      BELLS IN THE RAIN

      WINTER SLEEP

      VILLAGE MYSTERY

      SUNSET ON THE SPIRE

      ESCAPE

      THE FAIRY GOLDSMITH

      FIRE AND SLEET AND CANDLELIGHT

      BLOOD FEUD

      SEA LULLABY

      NANCY

      A PROUD LADY

      THE TORTOISE IN ETERNITY

      INCANTATION

      SILVER FILIGREE

      THE FALCON

      BRONZE TRUMPETS AND SEA WATER—ON TURNING LATIN INTO ENGLISH

      SPRING PASTORAL

      VELVET SHOES

      VALENTINE

      BEAUTY

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