[Gutenberg 50177] • The Fourth Generation

Excerpt from The Fourth Generation

IT is perhaps well to explain that this story first ap peared as a serial early in 1899: that on revision it was found desirable partly to rewrite certain chapters and to enlarge upon certain points. The structure of the story', the characters, and the situations remain unaltered.

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