"My uncle followed his words with a brightening face, and when they grew particularly mixed, he would exclaim, softly, 'It is a great gift! a great gift!'"

The Victims of Dreams.

Not Pretty, but Precious,
and Other Short Stories.

By

John Hay,
Clara F. Guernsey,
Margaret Hosmer,
Harriet Prescott Spofford,
Lucy Hamilton Hooper,
Etc.

Illustrated.

1872.

Contents.

• Not Pretty, but Precious, Margret Field.
• The Victims of Dreams, Margaret Hosmer.
• The Cold Hand, Clara F. Guernsey.
• The Blood Seedling, John Hay.
• The Marquis, Chauncey Hickox.
• Under False Colors, Lucy Hamilton Hooper.
• The Hungry Heart, J.W. De Forrest.
• "How Mother Did It," J.R. Hadermann.
• The Red Fox, Clara F. Guernsey.
• Louie, Harriet Prescott Spofford.
• Old Sadler'S Resurrection, R.D. Minor.