The Winthrops: A Novel

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Preface

Having but little to say by way of Prefaoe to this yolame, I shall say that little briefly. Few people ever read a Preface for any purpose ; but if by chance some peruser of the following pagefc should turn back to this one to see if by any possibility the author offers an apology for having dared to tell a quiet family story in an every-day manner, he will find it in the assertion that the present every-day life of the nation affords only too much of sensation and excitement, and " The Winthrops," was written with no other aim than that of offering relaxation and rest rather than further stimulant to already aching brains.

It was written as a reli^ from care, and if its perusal awakens one cheerful vein through moments which otherwise would have passed wearily, it willhavefnlfiUed the highest wish of

THE AXJTHOR.

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THE WINTHROPS.

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