CHRISTABEL HOPE;

OR, THE

BEGINNINGS OF LIFE.

BY

MRS. JEROME MERCIER.

OTHER

ICH DIEN.

'My motto, though simple, means more than it says."-DIBDIN.

WITH ILLUSTRATIONS.

BIB)

LUIN.

LONDON:

FREDERICK WARNE AND CO.,

BEDFORD STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

NEW YORK: SCRIBNER, WELFORD, AND CO.

250. c. 239.

LONDON:

J. AND W. RIDER, PRINTERS,

BARTHOLOMEW CLOSE.

ΤΟ

JESSIE AND AGNES

I Dedicate this Story,

IN TOKEN OF

TRUE AFFECTION.