AUTHOR OF “HOPE LESLIE," "REDWOOD," "CLARENCE," ETC., ETC.

INIVERSITY OF

NEW-YORK:

GEORGE P. PUTNAM & CO., 10 PARK PLACE.

1852.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1852, by

G. P. PUTNAM & COMPANY,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York.

ΤΟ

MARIA EDGEWORTH,

AS A

SLIGHT EXPRESSION

OF THE

WRITER'S SENSE OF HER EMINENT SERVICES

IN THE

GREAT CAUSE

OF

HUMAN VIRTUE AND IMPROVEMENT,

Chis Bamble Cale

18

RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED.