DORSET DEAR
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BY THE SAME AUTHOR IN A NORTH COUNTRY VILLAGE THE STORY OF DAN A DAUGHTER OF THE SOIL MAIME O’ THE CORNER FRIEZE AND FUSTIAN AMONG THE UNTRODDEN WAYS MISS ERIN THE DUENNA OF A GENIUS YEOMAN FLEETWOOD PASTORALS OF DORSET FIANDER’S WIDOW NORTH, SOUTH, AND OVER THE SEA THE MANOR FARM CHRISTIAN THAL LYCHGATE HALL
DORSET DEAR
IDYLLS OF COUNTRY LIFE
BY M. E. FRANCIS (Mrs. FRANCIS BLUNDELL)
“Vor Do’set dear, Then gi’e woone cheer, D’ye hear? woone cheer!” —William Barnes
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO. 91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK LONDON AND BOMBAY 1905
These stories originally appeared in Country Life, The Graphic, Longman’s Magazine and The Illustrated London News. The Author’s thanks are due to the Editors of these periodicals for their kind permission to reproduce them.
To the Memory OF LADY SMITH-MARRIOTT, KIND NEIGHBOUR AND TRUE FRIEND.