Front matter
Reading edition
BY
OSCAR FAY ADAMS
AUTHOR OF “THE STORY OF JANE AUSTEN’S LIFE,” “THE ARCHBISHOP’S UNGUARDED MOMENT,” ETC.; EDITOR OF “THROUGH THE YEAR WITH THE POETS,” ETC.
FIFTH EDITION REVISED AND ENLARGED
BOSTON AND NEW YORK HOUGHTON MIFFLIN COMPANY 1904
REPUBLISHED BY GALE RESEARCH COMPANY, BOOK TOWER, DETROIT, 1969
COPYRIGHT 1884, 1897, 1904 BY OSCAR FAY ADAMS
To My Mother