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NEIGHBOURS ON THE GREEN

MRS. OLIPHANT ‘Old wives’ tales.’ London MACMILLAN AND CO. AND NEW YORK 1889 All Rights Reserved. Richard Clay and Sons, Limited, LONDON AND BUNGAY. Inscribed TO SEVERAL OLD FRIENDS, AND ESPECIALLY TO THE GALLANT SOLDIER AND WRITER, General George Chesney, AND THE DISTINGUISHED CRITIC AND PHILOSOPHER, Mr. R. H. Hutton, WHO AT THE TIME THESE STORIES WERE WRITTEN GAVE DISTINCTION TO THE GREEN.