Engd. by W. G. Jackman, N.Y. from a Miniature by Thorburn.
NEW YORK, CARLETON, PUBLISHER, 1863.
WANDERINGS OF A BEAUTY.
A Tale
OF
THE REAL AND THE IDEAL.
BY
Mrs. EDWIN JAMES.
“O tu, eui feo la sorte
Dono infelice di belezza, ond’hai
Funesta dote, d’infiniti guai.”
Filicaja.
New York:
Carleton, Publisher, 413 Broadway.
(LATE RUDD & CARLETON.)
MDCCCLXIII.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1863,
By GEO. W. CARLETON,
In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York.
TO
SIR EDWARD LYTTON BULWER LYTTON, Bart.,
IN TOKEN OF
PROFOUND ADMIRATION FOR HIS GENIUS,
AND
SYMPATHY WITH HIS OPINIONS,
THIS WORK
Is Inscribed,
BY
THE AUTHOR.
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CONTENTS.
| CHAPTER | PAGE |
| I.—Introductory | 9 |
| II.—Courtship | 18 |