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THE STAR DREAMER

BY THE SAME AUTHORS

By Egerton Castle

Young April The Light of Scarthey Marshfield the Observer Consequences English Book-Plates—Ancient and Modern (Illustrated) Schools and Masters of Fence. A History of the Art of the Sword from the Middle Ages to the Nineteenth Century. (Illustrated) The Jerningham Letters. (With Portraits) Le Roman du Prince Othon. A rendering in French of R. L. Stevenson’s Prince Otto.

By Agnes and Egerton Castle

The Pride of Jennico The Bath Comedy The House of Romance The Secret Orchard The Star Dreamer Incomparable Bellairs. (In the Press)

THE HERB-GARDEN
An ancient gateway, looking as though it were closed forever ... and, through the bars, the wild, imprisoned garden....

THE STAR DREAMER
A ROMANCE

BY

AGNES AND EGERTON CASTLE

Authors of

“THE PRIDE OF JENNICO,” “YOUNG APRIL,” “THE SECRET ORCHARD,” “THE HOUSE OF ROMANCE,” “THE BATH COMEDY,” ETC.

NEW YORK

FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1903,

By EGERTON CASTLE.

All rights reserved.

PUBLISHED IN JANUARY, 1903.

Press of

Braunworth & Co.

Bookbinders and Printers

Brooklyn, N. Y.

TO

LADY STANLEY

(DOROTHY TENNANT)

HERSELF SO GRACIOUS AN IMPERSONATION OF GIFTED AND GENEROUS WOMANHOOD, THIS STORY OF A WOMAN’S INFLUENCE IS DEDICATED, IN ESTEEM, SYMPATHY, AND FRIENDSHIP, BY THE AUTHORS