MEADOW BROOK

BY

MRS. MARY J. HOLMES

AUTHOR OF THE "ENGLISH ORPHAN," "THE HOMESTEAD ON THE HILL SIDE," "LENA RIVERS," "TEMPEST AND SUNSHINE," ETC.

NEW YORK THE FEDERAL BOOK COMPANY PUBLISHERS

TO

MY MOTHER,

Who, more than any one else, will be interested in a story which has in it so much of my childhood and early home,

THIS WORK

is affectionately dedicated by her Daughter

MARY.