CONTENTS.

BLANCHE: AN EXHALATION FROM WITHERED VIOLETS. I. THE VENDER OF

KARAGWE, AN AFRICAN. PART FIRST. This is his story as I

DEMETRIUS. I. THE SUCCESS OF THE BEGGAR. In my life I have had

THE STRONG SPIDER. I. THE CHIEF'S DAUGHTER. I was a naturalist,

GRACE BERNARD.

VEERA. I. THE KING'S SEAL. While yet upon his couch our father

BY
HENRY ABBEY.

NEW YORK:
A. D. F. RANDOLPH & CO., PUBLISHERS,

Cor. Broadway and Ninth Street.
1869.

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1869, by
Henry L. Abbey,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
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TO
RICHARD GRANT WHITE,
WITH GRATITUDE FOR HIS FRIENDSHIP, AND WITH ADMIRATION FOR HIS ELEGANT SCHOLARSHIP.