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THE GOLDEN DOG.
(LE CHIEN D'OR.)

by William Kirby




AUTHOR'S PREFATORY NOTE.


TO THE PUBLIC:

In the year 1877 the first edition of "The Golden Dog" (Le Chien
d'Or) was brought out in the United States, entirely without my
knowledge or sanction. Owing to the inadequacy of the then existing
copyright laws, I have been powerless to prevent its continued
publication, which I understand to have been a successful and
profitable undertaking for all concerned, except the author, the
book having gone through many editions.

It was, consequently, a source of gratification to me when I was
approached by Messrs. L. C. Page & Company, of Boston, with a