Chapter 1

MELBOURNE HOUSE.

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD.

"Even a child is known by his doings, whether his work be pure, and whether it be right."--PROV. xx. II.

VOL. II.

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NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS, 530 BROADWAY. 1865.

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.

Stereotyped by SMITH & MCDOUGAL, 82 & 81 Beekman St. Printer: by E.O. JENKINS, 20 North William St.

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MELBOURNE HOUSE.