FAR TO SEEK

A Romance of England and India

BY
MAUD DIVER

AUTHOR OF 'CAPTAIN DESMOND, V.C.,' 'LILÁMANI,'
'DESMOND'S DAUGHTER,' ETC.

"I am athirst for far-away things.
My soul goes out in longing to touch the skirt of the dim distance....
O Far-to-Seek! O the keen call of thy flute...!"
--RABINDRANATH TAGORE.

"His hidden meaning dwells in our endeavours;
Our valours are our best gods."
--JOHN FLETCHER.

William Blackwood & Sons Ltd.

Edinburgh and London

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_TO
MY BLUE BIRD,

BRINGER OF HAPPINESS TO MYSELF
AND OTHERS,