Front matter
Reading edition
Transcribed from the 1920 Macmillan and Co. edition by David Price, email ccx074@pglaf.org
A GROUP OF NOBLE DAMES
that is to say
THE FIRST COUNTESS OF WESSEX BARBARA OF THE HOSE OF GREBE THE MARCHIONESS OF STONEHENGE, LADY MOTTIFONT SQUIRE PETRICK’S LADY THE LADY ICENWAY ANNA, LADY BAXBY THE LADY PENELOPE THE DUCHESS OF HAMPTONSHIRE; and THE HONOURABLE LAURA
by THOMAS HARDY
‘. . . Store of Ladies, whose bright eyes Rain influence.’—L’Allegro.
with a map of wessex
MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED ST. MARTIN’S STREET, LONDON 1920
copyright
First Collected Edition 1891 New Edition and reprints 1896-1900 First published by Macmillan & Co., Crown 8vo, 1903 Pocket Edition 1907 Reprinted 1911, 1914, 1917, 1919, 1920
Contents:
Preface Part I—Before Dinner The First Countess of Wessex Barbara of the House of Grebe The Marchioness of Stonehenge Lady Mottisfont Part II—After Dinner The Lady Icenway Squire Petrick’s Lady Anna, Lady Baxby The Lady Penelope The Duchess Of Hamptonshire The Honourable Laura