In Vain

by Henryk Sienkiewicz

IN VAIN

BY
HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ

Author of
"QUO VADIS," "WITH FIRE AND SWORD," "THE DELUGE," "PAN MICHAEL," "HANIA," ETC.

TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
BY
JEREMIAH CURTIN

BOSTON
LITTLE, BROWN, AND COMPANY
1899

Copyright, 1899,
By Jeremiah Curtin.
All rights reserved.

University Press:
John Wilson and Son, Cambridge, U.S.A.

INTRODUCTORY.

"In Vain," the first literary work of Sienkiewicz, was written before he had passed the eighteenth year of his life and while he was studying at Warsaw.