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A BROTHER TO DRAGONS

AND

_OTHER OLD-TIME TALES_

BY AMELIE RIVES

          NEW YORK
          HARPER & BROTHERS, FRANKLIN SQUARE
          1888




          Copyright, 1888, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

          _All rights reserved._




          =Dedicated=

          WITH GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE

          TO

          THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

          MY FIRST EDITOR




PREFACE.


OF the tales published in this volume, "A Brother to Dragons" appeared
in the _Atlantic Monthly_ for March, 1886; "The Farrier Lass o' Piping
Pebworth" in _Lippincott's Magazine_ for July, 1887; and "Nurse Crumpet
tells the Story" in _Harper's Magazine_ for September, 1887.

                                                        AMEL