A. D. 1876.
Dedicated
TO
JOHN McLANDBURGH.
Note.—Some of the sketches and tales in this volume were contributed to “Scribner’s Monthly,” “Appleton’s Journal,” and the “Lakeside Magazine,” and are used here, in a revised form, by the kind permission of the editors. Others appear now for the first time.
F. McL.
Chicago, April, 1876.
