WILHELMINE VON HILLERN,
AUTHOR OF "ONLY A GIRL," "BY HIS OWN MIGHT," ETC.
It is not what the world is to us, but what we are to the world, that is the measure of our happiness.
TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN
By M. S.,
TRANSLATOR OF "BY HIS OWN MIGHT."
PHILADELPHIA:
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.
1873.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by
J. B. LIPPINCOTT & CO.,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.
TO
MY HONORED AND BELOVED MOTHER,
CHARLOTTE BIRCH-PFEIFFER.
TO YOU, DEAR MOTHER BELONGS THIS FIRST PRODUCT OF AN ASPIRATION YOU
AWOKE, AND, IN LOYAL UNION WITH MY BELOVED FATHER, AIDED BY
YOUR POWERFUL EXAMPLE TO DEVELOP. RECEIVE IT AS A
FAINT TOKEN OF GRATITUDE FOR A LOVE WHICH
A WHOLE LIFE WOULD NOT BE
SUFFICIENT TO REPAY.
THE AUTHORESS.