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The Author of this Collection of Works of Fiction would not have presumed

to solicii for them your Majestys August

Patronage were it not that the pérusal has been suspos ed in some instances, to have succeeded in amuseng hours of relaxation.ov reheveny these of lanquer pain or anxiety:and therefore must have so far arded the warmest wish of nyour Mayestis heart,by contuvuting en how ever smallá digree to the happeness of your

people. They are therefore humbly dedicated to your Majesty.ogreeably to your gracious peimo:

Your

Magestijo Alborsford Wellingen 1:January 1929