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MARY BOYLE
HER BOOK
SVB SOLE VANITAS
MARY BOYLE
HER BOOK
Edited by SIR COURTENAY BOYLE, K.C.B.
LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1901
TO
MY TWO WELL-BELOVED COUSINS
GERTRUDE (COUNTESS OF KENMARE)
AND
LADY SARAH SPENCER
WHOSE HEARTS, HANDS AND HOMES ARE EVER OPEN TO ME,
THESE PAGES ARE AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
BY
MARY BOYLE
(“VANESSA”)