TO COUSIN ANNIE
(MRS. HARRY COGHILL)
THIS BOOK IS INSCRIBED IN LOVE OF OUR COMMON HEROINE
AND IN REMEMBRANCE OF LONG AND FAITHFUL
AFFECTION AND FRIENDSHIP
FACTA DUCIS VIVENT, OPEROSAQUE
GLORIA RERUM — OVID, IN LIVIAM, 265.
THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE.