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FRANK AND FANNY:
A RURAL STORY.

BY MRS. CLARA MORETON.


WITH NUMEROUS ENGRAVINGS.


BOSTON:
PHILLIPS, SAMPSON & CO.
1851.


Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1850,
By PHILLIPS AND SAMPSON,
In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of
Massachusetts.



PREFACE.


To inculcate gentleness of disposition, patience, and benevolence, and
to inspire the young with a love for the simple pleasures of rural
life, is the purpose of the following story. The love of exciting
narratives is not favourable to the developement of those mild virtues