The circuit rider

A Tale of the Heroic Age,
EDWARD EGGLESTON,
Author of The Hoosier School-master The End of the World, etc.
The voice of one crying in the wilderness. — Isaiah.
——Beginners of a better time, And glorying in their vows. — Tennyson.
NEW YORK: J. B. FORD & COMPANY 1874.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874, by J. B. FORD & COMPANY, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.
TO MY COMRADES OF OTHER YEARS, THE BRAVE AND SELF-SACRIFICING MEN WITH WHOM I HAD THE HONOR TO BE ASSOCIATED IN A FRONTIER MINISTRY, THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED.
CONTENTS.
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ILLUSTRATIONS.