A YOUNG FEMALE'S FOLLY

BY

F. TENNYSON JESSE

NEW YORK
GEORGE H. DORAN COMPANY
1921
PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA


TO STELLA,
A YOUNG FEMALE,
I DEDICATE THIS TALE,

In the hope that it will encourage her to persevere in that indifference to personal adornment for which she is conspicuous at present

SHOULD IT FAIL IN THIS HIGH ENDEAVOUR,
NEVERTHELESS
THIS BOOK IS HERS IN ALL SISTERLY LOVE