AUTHOR OF 'MISS BRETHERTON'
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1888
All rights reserved
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
Dedicated to the Memory
OF
MY TWO FRIENDS,
SEPARATED, IN MY THOUGHT OF THEM, BY MUCH DIVERSITY OF
CIRCUMSTANCE AND OPINION;
LINKED, IN MY FAITH ABOUT THEM, TO EACH OTHER,
AND TO ALL THE SHINING ONES OF THE PAST,
BY THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE
SERVICE OF MAN: