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Title cover.

Very sincerely yours, Annie S. Swan.

Twenty-fourth thousand.

Courtship and Marriage

and

The Gentle Art of Home-Making.

by

ANNIE S. SWAN

(Mrs. Burnett-Smith),

AUTHOR OF

"A BITTER DEBT," "HOMESPUN," "ALDERSYDE," ETC., ETC.

"Love is the incense that doth sweeten earth."

"Be it ever so humble, There's no place like home."

LONDON, 1894:

HUTCHINSON & CO., 34, PATERNOSTER ROW.

New Books

By ANNIE S. SWAN.

A BITTER DEBT.

A TALE OF THE BLACK COUNTRY.

In large crown 8vo, handsome cloth gilt binding, with illustrations by D. Murray-Smith. Price 5s.

Thirty-second Thousand.

HOMESPUN:

A STUDY OF A SIMPLE FOLK.

In cloth, gilt, 1s. 6d., paper, 1s. with Illustrations.

"The language is perfect; the highest strings of humanity are touched."—Athenæum.

"'Homespun' is excellent, a masterpiece. It is told with great skill, and quiet but genuine power. The story will long be a favourite in Scotland, and is sure to be widely read in England."—British Weekly.

"Power and felicity are in evidence on every page."—Glasgow Herald.

London: HUTCHINSON & Co., 34, Paternoster Row.

TO

The Loved Memory

OF

MY FATHER.

"An honest man—the noblest work of God."