Front matter
Reading edition
This etext was transcribed by Les Bowler
A SUCCESSFUL VENTURE
BY ELLEN DOUGLAS DELAND AUTHOR OF “MALVERN,” “OAKLEIGH,” ETC.
“Jog on, jog on the footpath way, And merrily hent the stile-a. A merry heart goes all the day, Your sad tires in a mile-a.”
SHAKESPEARE
ILLUSTRATED BY ALICE BARBER STEPHENS
BOSTON
W. A. WILDE & COMPANY
25 Bromfield Street
Copyright, 1897, BY W. A. Wilde & Company. All rights reserved.
A SUCCESSFUL VENTURE.