A TALE OF LIFE.

BY

F. COLBURN ADAMS,
AUTHOR OF "OUR WORLD," ETC., ETC., ETC.

"A rebellion or an invasion alarms,
And puts the people upon its defence;
But a corruption of principles

Works its ruin more slowly perhaps,
But more surely."

NEW YORK:

LIVERMORE AND RUDD, 310 BROADWAY.
LONDON: DAVID BRYCE, 48 PATERNOSTER ROW.