The Village

PASTORALS
OF
DORSET

BY
M. E. FRANCIS
(Mrs. FRANCISBLUNDELL)

WITHILLUSTRATIONS BY

CLAUD C. DU PRÉ COOPER

NEWIMPRESSION

LONGMANS, GREEN AND CO.
39 PATERNOSTER ROW, LONDON
FOURTH AVENUE & 30TH STREET, NEWYORK
BOMBAY, CALCUTTA, AND MADRAS

1915

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p.iiiNOTE.

Some of these stories have alreadyappeared in The Cornhill Magazine, Longman’sMagazine, Temple Bar, Punch, The TimesWeekly and The Illustrated London News; and arereprinted by kind permission of the Editors of theseperiodicals.

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