Crown 8vo., cloth. 6s.
This story deals with life in an English village of the southern counties. It concerns itself chiefly with an old couple in an old cottage, their ‘hidy-holes,’ their relations with each other, and with a runaway waif, who becomes their lodger: also with the fortunes in love and luck of handsome Robert Burn, the Warrener; and with the local wise woman and her ‘lawful arts.’ It is impossible to do justice to the charm and skill of the story in a mere outline. The waif, Phil White, is admirably drawn, so are the old Dallins. There is a delicate strength in the picture of Jane Dallin, which will be appreciated by every reader.
LONDON: EDWARD ARNOLD, 41 & 43 MADDOX STREET, W.
Transcriber’s Note
Errors deemed most likely to be the printer’s have been corrected, and are noted here. The references are to the page and line in the original. References to errors in the index also include the column (1 or 2).
Words that were hyphenated on a line break retain the hyphen if the preponderance of other instances of the word support that. Otherwise, hyphenation follows the text.
The word ‘Carbineers’ is spelled once as ‘Carabineers’, which is an alternative form, and is left as printed.