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VIEWS AND OPINIONS
VIEWS AND OPINIONS
BY
OUIDA
AUTHOR OF ‘UNDER TWO FLAGS,’ ‘SANTA BARBARA,’ ETC.
METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET, W.C.
LONDON
1895
TO
W. H. MALLOCK
AS A SLIGHT TOKEN OF PERSONAL REGARD
AND INTELLECTUAL ADMIRATION
Except two, all these Essays have previously appeared in the
Fortnightly Review and the North American Review.