Copyright, 1896
By Sarah Warner Brooks
Colonial Press:
C. H. Simonds & Co., Boston, Mass., U.S.A.
Electrotyped at the
Dickinson Electrotype Foundery
Dedication
TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF
ISABEL CORNWELL
THESE TALES ARE GRATEFULLY AND LOVINGLY
DEDICATED BY HER GRANDDAUGHTER
THE AUTHOR
The Lilacs, January, 1896
[PREFACE.]
In the hope of interesting the reader in that insistent altruistic question of the hour—How may we best treat our convicted fellow sinners?—these simple tales (the outcome of intimate personal observation "behind the bars," and woven, almost equally, of fact and fiction) are offered for his kindly-indulgent perusal.
Most sincerely,
S. W. B.
West Medford, Jan. 31, 1896.