IRVING BACHELLER
Reading edition
AUTHOR OF EBEN HOLDEN, KEEPING UP WITH LIZZIE, ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY
ARTHUR I. KELLER.
The Spirit of Man is the Candle of the Lord —PROVERBS XX, 27
1917
TO MY FRIEND THOMAS R. PROCTOR, OF UTICA LOVER OF THE TRUE IDEALS OF DEMOCRACY WHOSE LIFE HAS BEEN A SHINING EXAMPLE TO ALL MEN OF WEALTH HONORED GENTLEMAN AND PHILANTHROPIST AT THE GATE OF THE LAND OF WHICH I HAVE WRITTEN DEDICATE THESE CHRONICLES OF THAT LAND AND OF ITS GREAT HERO