IN THE

DAYS OF MY YOUTH.

A NOVEL.


BY
AMELIA B. EDWARDS

1874

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CAXTON PRESS OF
SHERMAN & CO., PHILADELPHIA.




CHAPTER I.

MY BIRTHPLACE AND PARENTAGE.

Dolce sentier,
Colle, che mi piacesti,
Ov'ancor per usanza amor mi mena!

PETRARCH.