Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1880, by
HARPER & BROTHERS,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.
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All rights reserved.

TO
ONE WHOSE CLOSE COMPANIONSHIP
HAS WROUGHT THAT HARMONY AND PEACE OF MIND FROM WHICH THIS
BOOK HAS SPRUNG, AND TO WHOM ITS EVERY PAGE RECALLS
A REMINISCENCE OF THE PAST IDENTIFIED
WITH MEMORIES OF MY OWN
This Memoir is Lovingly Inscribed
OUR SOUVENIR

THE CYCLE.
[SPRING]: PAGE
The Awakening [19]
[SUMMER]:
The Consummation[51]
[AUTUMN]:
The Waning[91]
[WINTER]:
The Sleep[125]

ILLUSTRATIONS.
DESIGNED BY
W. HAMILTON GIBSON.