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BY
NEW YORK:
CHARLES SCRIBNER, 145 NASSAU-STREET,
Entered according to Act of Congress in the year 1854, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the
Southern District of New York.
TOBITT'S COMBINATION-TYPE,
181 William St.
Translator's Preface
Chapter I. The Valley.
Chapter II. The Cottage.
Chapter III. Husband and Wife.
Chapter IV. The Attic-Rooms.
Chapter V. The First Disappointment.
Chapter VI. The Agreement.
Chapter VII. The Chase.
Chapter VIII. Concerning the Hunter in the Woods,and his homeward walk.
Chapter IX. Mr. Fabian and Magde Lonner.
Chapter X. The Truant.
Chapter XI. The Fisherman.
Chapter XII. Grief.
Chapter XIII. The Banishment--The Re-Union.
Chapter XIV. The Prisoner.
Chapter XV. Gottlieb on the Watch.
Chapter XVI. The Festival.
Chapter XVII. Ragnar.
Chapter XVIII. An Hour in Mistress Ulrica's Chamber.
Chapter XIX. Carl.
Chapter XX. Conclusion.
A few years ago, Mrs. Carlén was comparatively unknown toreaders in this country; but the marked success which followedthe publication of "One Year of Wedlock" encouraged the translatorin the endeavor to present that lady's works to the Americanpublic.
In her writings Mrs. Carlén exhibits a versatility which maybe considered remarkable. While in one book she revels indescriptions of home-scenes and characters, in another she presentsher readers with events and incidents that bear a strongresemblance to the startling and melo-dramatic productions ofmany of the modern romance writers of France.
This peculiarity, however, may be accounted for by the factthat she writes—as she herself confesses—entirely from impulse.
When her mind is clouded by sorrow—and she has beenoppressed with many bitter griefs—she seeks to remove the causeof her despondency by creating a hero or heroine, afflicted likeherself, and following this individual through a train of circumstanceswhich, she imagines,