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A CATHEDRAL COURTSHIP
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By the same Author.
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A
Cathedral Courtship
ILLUSTRATED
BY
CHARLES E. BROCK
GAY AND BIRD
22 BEDFORD STREET, STRAND
LONDON
1901
All rights reserved
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Originally published in 1893 with‘Penelope’s English Experiences,’and reprinted 1893 (twice), 1894,1895, 1896, 1897.
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PREFACE
‘A Cathedral Courtship’ was first publishedin 1893, appearing in a volume with ‘Penelope’sEnglish Experiences.’ In course of time, thelatter story, finding unexpected favour in thepublic eyes, left its modest companion, and waspromoted to a separate existence, with picturesand covers of its own. Then something rathercurious occurred, one of those trifles which serveto make a publisher’s life an exciting, if not ahappy, one. When the ‘gentle reader’ (bless hisor her warm and irrational heart!) could nolonger buy ‘A Cathedral Courtship,’ a new desirefor it sprang into being, and when the demandsbecame sufficiently ardent and numerous, it wasdecided to republish the story, with illustrationsby Mr. Charles E. Brock, an artist who can be...