LONDON JOHN MAXWELL AND CO. 4, SHOE LANE, FLEET STREET

1876

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To SIR J. CORDY BURROWS, J.P., BRIGHTON.

DEAR SIR CORDY BURROWS,

If anything can justify the dedication of a book to any one, it surely must be a friendship that has lasted nearly twenty years; marked on your side by many acts of care and kindness, and on mine by a most sincere appreciation of your genial and generous nature. I have therefore great pleasure in recording this fact, and I have still greater pleasure in dedicating this story to you.

Believe me,

Dear SIR CORDY BURROWS,

Very sincerely yours,

THE AUTHOR.

RICHMOND, _February, 1876_.

CONTENTS TO VOL. I.

CHAP. PAGE

I. ‘PLUNGED IN THE DEPTH OF HELPLESS POVERTY’ 1

II. ‘O WORLD, THY SLIPPERY TURNS!’ 24