DRIVEN BACK TO EDEN


BY


E. P. ROE




THIS VOLUME

IS LOVINGLY DEDICATED TO

"JOHNNIE"




PREFACE

Months since, with much doubt and diffidence, I began this simple
story. I had never before written expressly for young people, and I
knew that the honest little critics could not be beguiled with words
which did not tell an interesting story. How far I have succeeded,
the readers of this volume, and of the "St. Nicholas" magazine,
wherein the tale appeared as a serial, alone can answer.

I have portrayed no actual experience, but have sought to present