Prince Vance: The Story of a Prince with a Court in His Box

PRINCE VANCE


ILLUSTRATED BY FRANK MYRICK
BOSTON ROBERTS BROTHERS 1888

Copyright, 1888 , By Arlo Bates.
University Press: John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.

TO THE BOY ORIC

Dear son, this twisted, tangled web of whims For you was woven while you scarcely knew The simplest speech men use; but infant limbs, That round and smooth in dimpled fairness grew, Waved for all word in a babe's perfect glee, So wondrous sweet to see.