DONOVAN

A Novel

BY

EDNA LYALL

AUTHOR OF "WON BY WAITING."

"And I smiled to think God's greatness flowed around Our incompleteness,— Round our restlessness, His rest." E. B. BROWNING.

IN THREE VOLUMES. VOL. I.

LONDON: HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS, 13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET. 1882.

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TO ONE WHOSE LOVING HELP I LOVINGLY ACKNOWLEDGE.

Contents

I. Running the Gauntlet II. A Retrospect III. The Tremains of Porthkerran IV. "My Only Son, Donovan" V. Repulsed and Attracted VI. Autumn Manœuvres VII. The Black Sheep of Oakdene VIII. "Tied to his Mother's Apron-strings" IX. Dot versus the World X. Looking Two Ways XI. "Let Nothing You Dismay" XII. Desolate XIII. Wishes and Chestnut Roasting

DONOVAN.