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THE STAR DREAMER
BY THE SAME AUTHORS
By Egerton Castle
Young April
The Light of Scarthey
Marshfield the Observer
Consequences
English Book-Plates—Ancient and Modern (Illustrated)
Schools and Masters of Fence. A History of the Art of the Sword from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century. (Illustrated)
The Jerningham Letters. (With Portraits)
Le Roman du Prince Othon. A rendering in French of R. L. Stevenson’s Prince Otto.
By Agnes and Egerton Castle
The Pride of Jennico
The Bath Comedy
The House of Romance
The Secret Orchard
The Star Dreamer
Incomparable Bellairs. (In the Press)
THE HERB-GARDEN An ancient gateway, looking as though it were closed forever ... and, through the bars, the wild, imprisoned garden....
THE STAR DREAMER A ROMANCE
BY
AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE
Authors of
“THE PRIDE OF JENNICO,” “YOUNG APRIL,” “THE SECRET ORCHARD,” “THE HOUSE OF ROMANCE,” “THE BATH COMEDY,” ETC.
NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
PUBLISHERS
Copyright, 1903,
By EGERTON CASTLE.
All rights reserved.
PUBLISHED IN JANUARY, 1903.
Press of
Braunworth & Co.
Bookbinders and Printers
Brooklyn, N. Y.
TO
LADY STANLEY
(DOROTHY TENNANT)
HERSELF SO GRACIOUS AN IMPERSONATION OF GIFTED AND GENEROUS WOMANHOOD, THIS STORY OF A WOMAN’S INFLUENCE IS DEDICATED, IN ESTEEM, SYMPATHY, AND FRIENDSHIP, BY THE AUTHORS
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