title of a Book, the right whereof he claims as
proprietor, in the words and figures following, to
wit:

"Tales for Fifteen; or Imagination and Heart.
By Jane Morgan."

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JAMES DILL,
Clerk of the Southern District of New-York



PREFACE

WHEN the author of these little tales commenced
them, it was her intention to form a short series of
such stories as, it was hoped, might not be entirely