Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by

RUDD & CARLETON, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern

District of New York.

R. CRAIGHEAD,
Printer, Stereotyper, and Electrotyper,

Carton Building,
81, 83, and 85 Centre Street.

TO

GENERAL GEORGE P. MORRIS.

“Look into thy heart, and write,” has become the watchword of to-day. But you have searched, not your own heart alone, but the deep heart of our universal humanity; not with a harsh touch to bring its foibles to light, but with a generous hand, to aid every aspiration towards the beautiful and the true, and to raise the longing soul to those realms of light and song,

where your genial spirit finds its native home. So have you guided me towards that sunny land ; and though my weak hand may not reach the radiant blooms, meet for a poet's brow, let me lay at your feet this tribute flower, in grateful memory of enduring friendship.

New YORK, 1859.

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CONTENTS.

CHAPTER I.

PAGL,

My Daughter's Prospects.—A Disappointed Heart.- Our

Dear Five Hundred Friends.-Should we not Discrimi.

nate ?—The Baron 1-Two Ways, and two Families.-

What is behind the Veil?.....

9-31

CHAPTER II.

The Last Night at Home.--Entering Society.-Silent Love,

and Parting in Uncertainty.—Grief Accepted....... 32-43

CHAPTER III.

Butterflies in Summer.- Where is the Rover?-Who talks

Scandal ?—The Artist.-News from Abroad.—The Voice

of the Sphinx.....

44-61

CHAPTER IV.

Retrospect.-The Invalid's Story.—Early Days. — Life's

Changes. The Warning. --The Widowed Mother. The

Generous Merchant.-Adoption..

62-77

CHAPTER V.

These Children |—Home Teaching.–Your Way and Mine.. 78-87

CHAPTER VI.

The Fire of '35.-Self Discipline.—The Whirlpool Widens.-

Apprehension

88-102

CHAPTER VII.

Ruin, Almost.—What shall we do?- False Pride.--All Labor

Degrading.–What do we Live for ?...

103-113

CHAPTER VIII.

Death and Change.-Courage !—Plans of Life.—What can a

Woman do?- The Travellers and their Letters.--Is this

my Idol ?-Farewell to the Past.-Onward....

114-183
CHAPTER IX.

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A new Home.—Dreams of the Past.-— Appearances.-Our-

selves as Others see us.—Country Etiquette.-Life's

134-148

Lessons....

CHAPTER X.

An old Friend, and a Gay Suitor.--Fencing, in Polite So-

ciety.—My Daughter, the Baroness.—Who shall we

Marry ?-An Introduction.-How very Strange !

149–172

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CHAPTER XI.

Summer Night in the City.—Pictures of Melody.--National