Front matter
Reading edition
A. L. BURT COMPANY Publishers New York
Copyright, 1898, BY DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY.
SALLIE BUFFUM:
To you, who have been a little girl in later Boston, I inscribe this story of another little girl who lived almost a hundred years ago, and found life busy and pleasant and full of affection, as I hope it will prove to you.
Amanda M. Douglas. Newark, N. J., 1898.