THE LADIES OF LOVEL-LEIGH.

VOLUME I.

LONDON

PRINTED BY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO.

NEW-STREET SQUARE

BY

THE AUTHOR OF

"MARGARET AND HER BRIDESMAIDS,"

"THE VALLEY OF A HUNDRED FIRES,"

&c. &c.

"Out of God's choicest treasury we bring down
New virtue to sustain all ill-new power
To braid life's thorns into a regal crown.
We pass'd into the outer world to prove
The strength miraculous of Sisters' Love."

IN THREE VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HURST AND BLACKETT, PUBLISHERS,
SUCCESSORS TO HENRY COLBURN,

13, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1862.

The right of Translation is reserved.

250. h. 71.

I DEDICATE THIS TALE TO

MY DEAR AUNT,

UNDER WHOSE ROOF I LEARNT TO APPRECIATE

THE HAPPINESS OF ORDER,

TO TASTE

THE PLEASURES OF LITERATURE,

AND

TO WORSHIP

THE WONDERFUL CHARMS OF NATURE.