THE BERKELEYS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS BY MOLLY ELLIOT SEAWELL AUTHOR OF THROCKMORTON, MAID MARIAN, LITTLE JARVIS, MIDSHIPMAN PAULDING, ETC. _REVISED EDITION_ NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1892 COPYRIGHT, 1888, BY M. ELLIOT SEAWELL. COPYRIGHT, 1892, BY D. APPLETON AND COMPANY PRINTED AT THE APPLETON PRESS, U. S. A. _BY THE SAME AUTHOR._ =THROCKMORTON.= 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. “The incidents are of great interest, well-imagined, and admirably carried out. But the notable feature of the book is the rare charm of its literary expression. The language is full of grace and wit and delicate sensibility. To read is to be beguiled.”--_New York Sun._ “The pages of ‘Throckmorton’ are alive with picturesque sketches. Its humor is never forced, and its pathos is never overdone. It is a novel to linger over.”--_The Critic._ “A charming story. The author has used good English, and the reader yields to the fascination of her style.”--_The Book Buyer._ =MAID MARIAN, and other Stories.= 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. “There is an unmistakable cleverness in this collection of short stories.”--_Boston Literary World._ “Miss Seawell has a brisk and prolific fancy, and a turn for the odd and fantastic, while she is Past Master in the use of negro dialect and the production of tales of plantation life and manners. All these stories are spirited, well marked by local color, and written with skill and ingenuity.”--_New York Tribune._ =MIDSHIPMAN PAULDING.= A true story of the War of 1812. With Six full-page Illustrations. 8vo. Bound in blue cloth, with special design in gold and colors. $1.00. “The story is told in a breezy, pleasant style that can not fail to capture the fancy of young readers, and imparts much historical knowledge at the same time, while the illustrations will help the understanding of the events described. It is an excellent book for boys, and even the girls will be interested in it.”--_Brooklyn Standard-Union._ =LITTLE JARVIS.= The story of the heroic midshipman of the frigate “Constellation.” With Six full-page Illustrations. 8vo. Bound uniformly with “Midshipman Paulding.” $1.00. “Not since Dr. Edward Everett Hale’s classic, ‘The Man without a Country,’ has there been published a more stirring lesson in patriotism.”--_Boston Beacon._ “It is what a boy would call ‘a real boy’s book.’”--_Charleston News and Courier._ D. APPLETON & CO., Publishers, New York. THE BERKELEYS AND THEIR NEIGHBORS. CHAPTER I. A PROVINCIAL Virginia race-course is an excellent place to observe a people which has preserved its distinctiveness as well as the Virginians. So far, they have escaped that general and fatiguing likeness which prevails in most of the universe these days.