The aristocrats

by Gertrude Franklin Horn Atherton

BY THE SAME AUTHOR

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The
Aristocrats

Being the impressions of the Lady
Helen Pole dur^ing her sojourn
in The Great North Woods
as spontan^eously recorded in
her letters to her friend
in North Brit^ain the
Count^{ess of} Edge
and Ross

By
GERTRUDE ATHERTON

John Lane
LONDON—NEW YORK
1901

Copyright, 1901
By John Lane
Second Edition

The Crow Printing Company
New York

To
All Lovers
of
The Adirondack Peaks
and Forests and Lakes
this little volume
is dedicated
By
An Alien but Ardent and
Grateful Admirer
H. P.