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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”)