Front matter

Transcriber’s Note:

New original cover art included with this eBook is granted to the public domain.

AN

INDEPENDENT DAUGHTER

The newly made graduate hurried down to meet her friends.

AN INDEPENDENT DAUGHTER

BY

AMY E. BLANCHARD

AUTHOR OF “TWO GIRLS,” “BETTY OF WYE,” “THREE PRETTY MAIDS,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY

ALICE BARBER STEPHENS

PHILADELPHIA

J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

1900.

Copyright, 1898,

by

J. B. Lippincott Company.

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