PALACES AND PRISONS. BY MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS. AUTHOR OF “MARRIED IN HASTE,” “MABEL’S MISTAKE,” “HEIRESS,” “WIVES AND WIDOWS,” “DOUBLY FALSE,” “MARY DERWENT,” “THE SOLDIER’S ORPHANS,” “RUBY GRAY’S STRATEGY,” “REJECTED WIFE,” “GOLD BRICK,” “WIFE’S SECRET,” “THE CURSE OF GOLD,” “THE OLD HOMESTEAD,” “SILENT STRUGGLES,” “FASHION AND FAMINE.” How little art thou known, oh Liberty! Goddess so blindly worshiped on the earth— Worshiped, in broad and simple majesty, Most in the land which gave thee perfect birth; Ay, birth and baptism, not of tears and blood, Such as have stained thy hand in other climes: Not with a mockery of brotherhood, “Linked with some virtues and a thousand crimes’,”— But, with a mighty homage of the mind, We give to thee a lovely woman’s form; Because, in that should ever be enshrined All things opposed to treason, war and storm. Thy face is beautiful; we love thy name; If others dye those snowy garments red, And drag thee downward into utter shame, It is not through the path where we have led. PHILADELPHIA: T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS; 306 CHESTNUT STREET. Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1871, by T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington, D. C. MRS. ANN S. STEPHENS’ WORKS. Each Work is complete in one volume, 12mo. _PALACES AND PRISONS._ _MARRIED IN HASTE._ _RUBY GRAY’S STRATEGY._ _THE CURSE OF GOLD._ _WIVES AND WIDOWS; OR, THE BROKEN LIFE._ _THE REJECTED WIFE._ _THE GOLD BRICK._ _THE HEIRESS._ _FASHION AND FAMINE._ _THE OLD HOMESTEAD._ _SILENT STRUGGLES._ _MARY DERWENT._ _THE WIFE’S SECRET._ _THE SOLDIER’S ORPHANS._ _MABEL’S MISTAKE._ _DOUBLY FALSE._ Price of each, $1.75 in Cloth; or $1.50 in Paper Cover. Above books are for sale by all Booksellers. Copies of any or all of the above books will be sent to any one, to any place, postage pre-paid, on receipt of their price by the Publishers, T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS, 306 CHESTNUT STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. CONTENTS.