THE KINGDOM OF
SLENDER SWORDS

By HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES
(Mrs. Post Wheeler)

SATAN SANDERSON
Illustrated by A. B. Wenzell

TALES FROM DICKENS
Illustrated by Reginald B. Birch

THE CASTAWAY
Illustrated by Howard Chandler Christy

HEARTS COURAGEOUS
Illustrated by A. B. Wenzell

A FURNACE OF EARTH

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY
INDIANAPOLIS

THE KINGDOM OF
SLENDER SWORDS

BY

HALLIE ERMINIE RIVES

(Mrs. Post Wheeler)

With a Foreword by His Excellency Baron Makino

ILLUSTRATIONS BY

A. B. WENZELL

INDIANAPOLIS

THE BOBBS-MERRILL COMPANY

PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1910

The Bobbs-Merrill Company

PRESS OF

BRAUNWORTH & CO.

BOOKBINDERS AND PRINTERS

BROOKLYN, N.Y.

TO

CAROLYN FOSTER STICKNEY