Front matter

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The Aimwell Stories.

JESSIE; OR, TRYING TO BE SOMEBODY.

BY

WALTER AIMWELL,

AUTHOR OF “MARCUS,” “WHISTLER,” “ELLA,” ETC.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

BOSTON:

GOULD AND LINCOLN,

59 WASHINGTON STREET.

NEW YORK: SHELDON AND COMPANY.

CINCINNATI: GEO. S. BLANCHARD.

1870.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

GOULD AND LINCOLN,

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.