JOSHUA HAGGARD’S DAUGHTER
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LONDON ROBSON AND SONS, PRINTERS, PANCRAS ROAD, N.W.
JOSHUA HAGGARD’S DAUGHTER
A Novel
BY THE AUTHOR OF
‘LADY AUDLEY’S SECRET’
ETC. ETC. ETC.
IN THREE VOLUMES
VOL. I.
LONDON JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. 4 SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET 1876 [All rights reserved]
THIS STORY IS DEDICATED
TO
CAPTAIN THE HON. JOHN CARNEGIE, R.N.
IN ACKNOWLEDGMENT
OF
HIS KINDLY INTEREST IN THE AUTHOR’S WORK
AND OF
HIS HEARTY COÖPERATION IN THE
OPENING SCENE.
CONTENTS OF VOL. I.
CHAP. PAGE
I. The cruel crawling Foam 1
II. The Family Circle 52
III. Father and Son 72
IV. Wood and Wilderness 90
V. The Minister goes on a Journey 131
VI. Cynthia goes into Service 169
VII. Naomi’s Holiday 205
VIII. The Squire makes a Bargain 253
IX. ‘Love in one Hand his Bow did take’ 283
JOSHUA HAGGARD’S DAUGHTER
