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COPYRIGHT, 1898

BY

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

Entered at Stationers' Hall, London

The Knickerbocker Press, New York

Terhime, M.V.

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TO MY DAUGHTERS,—

CHRISTINE TERHUNE HERRICK,

IN WHOSE DEAR COMPANY I VISITED THE SCENES SKETCHED

IN THESE PAGES,

AND

VIRGINIA BELLE VAN DE WATER,

MY PATIENT AND FAITHFUL AMANUENSIS IN THE

PREPARATION OF THE MANUSCRIPT

FOR THE PRESS,

THIS VOLUME IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDIcated.

MARION HARLAND.

London, England,

August, 1898.

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Five of the sketches included in this book are reprinted by the courtesy of the publishers, Harper & Brothers, from the columns of Harper's Bazar.