[Illustration: The Bracelets. Edgeworth.]

[Illustration]


THE BRACELETS;

OR,
AMIABILITY AND INDUSTRY REWARDED.


BY
MARIA EDGEWORTH,

AUTHOR OF "POPULAR TALES," "MORAL TALES," ETC. ETC.

With Illustrations from Original Designs.



1850.




THE BRACELETS.

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In a beautiful and retired part of England lived Mrs. Villars, a