1901

Copyright, 1901,
By Longmans, Green, and Co.

All rights reserved

UNIVERSITY PRESS • JOHN WILSON
AND SON • CAMBRIDGE, U. S. A.

I dedicate this Rural Romance

to

MY KIND HOSTESSES OF TENANTREES

True Daughters ofDorset Dear,”

Under whose auspices I first became acquainted
with the peculiarities of its dialect and
the humours of its people

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