Front matter
Reading edition
Produced by Vital Debroey, Charles Franks and the Online
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[Illustration: "WHAT IS IS THIS TINY DOTTED LINE ACROSS THE GROUNDS?" WIN INQUIRED]
THE SPANISH CHEST
BY
EDNA A. BROWN
ILLUSTRATED BY JOHN GOSS AND FROM PHOTOGRAPHS
DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF FLORENCE AND CLARA
who shared a winter spent in the Channel Islands and have now gone on a longer journey.
This little book I wrote for thee Thy friendly eyes will never see. It was not meant for critics' reading, Nor for the world that scans unheeding. For there are lines washed in with tears, As well as nonsense, mocking fears. Alas! thine eyes will never see This little book I wrote for thee.