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Title: The Heart of Arethusa

Author: Francis Barton Fox

Release Date: December 14, 2007 [eBook #23856]

Language: English

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THE HEART OF ARETHUSA

by

FRANCES BARTON FOX

With a Frontispiece by F. W. Read

[Illustration: ARETHUSA]

Boston
Small, Maynard and Company
Publishers

Copyright, 1918
By Small, Maynard & Company
(Incorporated)

TO

GEORGE MADDEN MARTIN

Who found me young; full ignorant of the trade
To which my soul aspired. So it was she made,
With friendly kindness of a generous heart,
Some of her busy hours to know still worthier aim;
Seeing that I learned a trifle of the writing game.
And in what I've written, she has had her part.

CONTENTS

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II XV
III XVI
IV XVII
V XVIII
VI XIX
VII XX
VIII XXI
IX XXII
X X