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RUBEN AND IVY SÊN
BY THE SAME AUTHOR
The Soul of China
In a Shantung Garden
Mr. and Mrs. Sên
The Feast of Lanterns
Mr. Wu
The Green Goddess
RUBEN AND IVY SÊN
BY
LOUISE JORDAN MILN
“I go to prove my soul! I see my way as birds their trackless way. I shall arrive!”
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
MCMXXV
Copyright, 1925, by Frederick A. Stokes Company
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
Had the date of the death of Sên King-lo, the father of Ruben and Ivy, as implied in “Mr. and Mrs. Sên,” been adhered to strictly in this present novel, it would open considerably later than 1925. The author has preferred to ignore the dates of the previous story rather than to place this story in years of which she can know nothing. “Ruben and Ivy Sên” is not intended as a sequel to “Mr. and Mrs. Sên,” though it grew out of the earlier story.
TO MONA FROM HER MOTHER
RUBEN AND IVY SÊN