Sarchedon
Reading edition
A Legend of the Great Queen
By G. J. Whyte-Melville
Author of "Roy's Wife," "Black but Comely," "Market Harborough," etc.
Illustrated by S. E. Waller
London Ward, Lock & Co., Limited New York and Melbourne
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE AUSTIN LAYARD, D.C.L., HER MAJESTY'S MINISTER AT MADRID, THE FOLLOWING ROMANCE IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED, AS A TRIBUTE OF ADMIRATION TO THE GREAT DISCOVERER, WHOSE SKILL, COURAGE AND RESEARCH HAVE EXCAVATED FROM THE DESERT SANDS THE ARTS, ARMS, AND RECORDS OF A MIGHTY NATION; WHOSE LEARNING AND PERSEVERANCE HAVE RESTORED AN IMPORTANT LINK IN THE WORLD'S HISTORY, LONG SEVERED IN THE OBLIVION OF THE PAST.
Onslow Gardens, June, 1871.
