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MILDRED.
A Novel.

BY

Mrs. MARY J. HOLMES,

AUTHOR OF

EDITH LYLE—EDNA BROWNING—TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE—’LENA RIVERS—WEST LAWN—MARIAN GREY—HUGH WORTHINGTON—ETHELYN’S MISTAKE, ETC., ETC.

“——Love soweth here with toil and care,

But the harvest-time of Love is there.”

Southey.

NEW YORK:

G. W. Carleton & Co., Publishers.

LONDON: S. LOW & CO.

MDCCCLXXVII.

Copyright by

DANIEL HOLMES.

1877.

Trow’s

Printing and Bookbinding Co.,

205–213 East 12th St.,

NEW YORK.

TO

MRS. G. W. CARLETON

[OF NEW YORK CITY],

I DEDICATE THIS STORY OF

MILDRED,

IN MEMORY

OF THE MANY HAPPY HOURS SPENT WITH HER

OF THE “STARRY EYES AND

NUT-BROWN HAIR.”

Brockport, N. Y.,

October, 1877.