L. MARIA CHILD,

AUTHOR OF 'PHILOTHEA,' 'THE MOTHER'S BOOK,' 'BIOGRAPHIES OF
GOOD WIVES,' 'FACT AND FICTION,' 'LETTERS FROM N. YORK, ETC.

A NEW EDITION,

REVISED AND ENLARGED

NEW-YORK:

C. S. FRANCIS & CO., 252 BROADWAY.

BOSTON:

J. H. FRANCIS, 128 WASHINGTON-ST.
1847.-

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PUBLI

* Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1847,

BY C. S. FRANCIS & Co.

in the Clerk's office of the District Court for the Southern District of New-York

TO

GEORGE TICKNOR, EsQ.

This Volume

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RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY

INSCRIBED, BY

THE EDITOR.

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