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G. P. PUTNAM’S SONS NEW YORK: 27 & 29 WEST 23D STREET LONDON: 25 HENRIETTA STREET, COVENT GARDEN 1884

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883, by ARTHUR JAMES WEISE in the office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Press of G. P. Putnam’s Sons New York

THIS WORK IS DEDICATED BY THE AUTHOR TO THE MEMORY OF HIS DECEASED WIFE CATHARINE V. UPDEGRAFF WEISE