FIANDER’S WIDOW
Reading edition
A Novel
BY
M. E. FRANCIS
(Mrs. Francis Blundell)
Author of “Pastorals of Dorset,” “The Duenna of a Genius,” etc., etc.
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
91 AND 93 FIFTH AVENUE, NEW YORK
LONDON AND BOMBAY
1901
Copyright, 1901, By Longmans, Green, and Co.
All rights reserved
UNIVERSITY PRESS • JOHN WILSON AND SON • CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.
I dedicate this Rural Romance
to
MY KIND HOSTESSES OF TENANTREES
True Daughters of “Dorset Dear,”
Under whose auspices I first became acquainted with the peculiarities of its dialect and the humours of its people