THE PORTENT AND OTHER STORIES


By George MacDonald




THE PORTENT


A STORY OF THE INNER VISION OF THE HIGHLANDERS,
COMMONLY CALLED
_THE SECOND SIGHT_




DEDICATION.


MY DEAR SIR, KENSINGTON, _May, 1864._

Allow me, with the honour due to my father's friend, to inscribe this
little volume with your name. The name of one friend is better than
those of all the Muses.

And permit me to say a few words about the story.--It is a Romance. I am
well aware that, with many readers, this epithet will be enough to
ensure condemnation. But there ought to be a place for any story, which,