Macduff, J. R. (John Ross), 1818-1895 / 2008-09-11 00:00:00
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The Story of
A DEWDROP.
[Illustration]
THE
STORY
OF A
DEWDROP
J. R. MACDUFF D D
WITH
FOUR COLOURED ILLUSTRATIONS
LONDON MARCUS WARD & CO BELFAST
1881
FOREWORDS.
To Charlie.
A Dewdrop is a small affair; and the world would not be the least
interested, nor a bit the wiser, by knowing how I come
affectionately to dedicate the story I have written about it to
_you_. I may tell you it was one line of eleven words, read one
night from a musty old volume of last century, which suggested it.
Everybody must have their play-hours and moments of recreation. I
think I have gone back to other and more serious work all the better
after writing a page or two of what follows. I am happy thus to have
had my little holiday along with you in this ideal region of quaint
conceits.
Shall we hope that others may share our pleasure?
Let us try.
_List of_
ILLUSTRATIONS.
_The Procession of the Queen of the Morning_ (p. 41), _Frontispiece.
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