THE OLD HELMET.
Reading edition
BY
THE AUTHOR OF "WIDE, WIDE WORLD."
AUTHORIZED EDITION.
IN TWO VOLUMES
VOL. I.
LEIPZIG
BERNHARD TAUCHNITZ
1864.
NOTE TO THE READER.
The incidents and testimonies given in this work as matters of fact, are not drawn from imagination, but reported from excellent authority—though I have used my own words. And in the cases of reported words of third parties, the words stand unchanged, without any meddling.