Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note:
New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

Mrs. WALTER BOWNE From a miniature by Malbone, in possession of W. B. Lawrence ARTOTYPE, E. BIERSTADT, N. Y.
A GIRL’S LIFE EIGHTY YEARS AGO SELECTIONS FROM THE LETTERS OF ELIZA SOUTHGATE BOWNE
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY CLARENCE COOK
ILLUSTRATED WITH PORTRAITS AND VIEWS
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1887
Copyright, 1887,
By CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS.
The Riverside Press, Cambridge:
Electrotyped and Printed by H. O. Houghton & Co.
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