Breadth of view on social conditions, a deeply religious spirit, and a charming facility both in descriptive and romantic passages, give this novelist her sustained popularity. Mrs. Whitney died in Boston on March 21st, 1906. * * * * * * Transcriber's Notes 1. Some punctuation has been changed to conform to contemporary standards. 2. The author's biography has been moved to the end of the text from the reverse of the title page. 3. A Table of Contents was not present in the original edition. 4. The "certain pause and emphasis" differentiated by the author is marked with spaced mid-dots in Chapter XVI, as in the original text.