FROM WHOSE FRAIL BODY HE DREW LIFE IN THE BEGINNING, FROM WHOSE STRONG SPIRIT HE WILL DRAW LIFE UNTIL THE CLOSE, THESE TALES, WITH ALL OTHERS HAPLY HERE- AFTER TO BE WRITTEN, ARE DEDI- CATED AS A PERISHABLE MONU- MENT OF INEFFABLE REMEMBRANCE The opening tale of this collection is taken from HARPER'S MONTHLY; the others, from the _Century Magazine_. By leave of these periodicals they are now published, and of the kindness thus shown the author makes grateful acknowledgment.…
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