BY

LANOE FALCONER

AUTHOR OF MADEMOISELLE IXE'

'Through such souls alone,

GOD, stooping, shows sufficient of His Light

For us i' the dark to rise by.'

The Ring and the Book.

London

MACMILLAN AND CO.

AND NEW YORK

1891

All rights reserved

First Edition printed October 1891

Reprinted November 1891

TO MY FRIEND

GERTRUDE IRELAND BLACKBURNE

I DEDICATE THE STUDY, WHICH OWES SO MUCH TO

HER SYMPATHY AND HELP.

LANOE FALCONER.