MARION HARLAND,
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF
"ALONE," "HIDDEN PATH," "NEMESIS," "MOSS SIDE," "MIRIAM," "EMPTY HEART," "HELEN GARDNER," "SUNNYBANK," "HUSBANDS AND HOMES," "RUBY'S HUSBAND," "PHEMIE'S TEMPTATION," "AT LAST," "TRUE AS STEEL," ETC.
NEW YORK: G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers. LONDON: S. LOW, SON & CO. M.DCCC.LXXIII.
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At Wisdom's gate Suspicion sleeps, And deems no ill where no ill seems.
Milton.
To Mrs. MARGARET J. PRESTON, OF LEXINGTON, VIRGINIA, This Volume is AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED,
NOT ONLY AS A TRIBUTE TO HER PERSONAL WORTH AND TALENTS, BUT AS ANOTHER SEAL SET UPON THE DEAR AND SAD MEMORY WE HOLD IN COMMON, AND WHICH CANNOT FAIL OF RENEWAL IN WRITING OR READING OF "ROY FORDHAM."
MARION HARLAND.