Transcriber's Note.
Gail Hamilton, cited as author, is the alias of Mary Abigail Dodge.
A list of the changes made can be found at the end of the book.
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A
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IN RIGHTEOUSNESS.
EDITED AND PUBLISHED BY
GAIL HAMILTON.
CAMBRIDGE:
Printed at the Riverside Press,
AND FOR SALE BY
HURD AND HOUGHTON, NEW YORK.
1870.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1870, by
H. O. Houghton and Company,
in the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the District of Massachusetts.
RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
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H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| I. | Editor's Introduction | 1 |
| II. | Author's Introduction | 7 |
| III. | Rise and Progress of Suspicion in the Soul | 11 |
| IV. | Declaration of War | 33 |
| V. | Skirmishing | 51 |
| VI. | A Truce | 62 |
| VII. | Renewal of Hostilities | 75 |
| VIII. | Arrangement of Preliminaries | 125 |
| IX. | Battle of Gog and Magog | 155 |
| X. | Sober Second and Third Thoughts | 249 |