Susan Warner (1819-1885), A letter of credit (1881), 1882 edition Produced by Daniel FROMONT Note from the transcriber: a very important text for the study of Susan Warner's "Queechy". THE LETTER OF CREDIT. _BY THE AUTHOR OF "WILD, WILD WORLD_." I. THE END OF A COIL. 12mo. $1.75. "Miss Warner has added another pure and beautiful picture to the gallery that has given so much pleasure to such great numbers. All her pictures are bright and warm with the blessedness of true love and true religion. We do not wonder that they receive so wide a welcome, and we wish sincerely that only such stories were ever written."--_N. Y. Observer_. II. MY DESIRE. 12mo. $1.75. "Miss Warner possesses in a remarkable degree the power of vividly describing New England village life, the power of making her village people walk and talk for the benefit of her readers in all the freshness of their clear-cut originality. She has an ample fund of humor, a keen sense of the ridiculous, and a rare faculty of painting homely truths in homely but singularly felicitous phrases."--_Philadelphia Times_. III. THE LETTER OF CREDIT. 12mo. $1.75. IV. PINE NEEDLES. A Tale. 12mo. $1.50. V. THE OLD HELMET. A Tale. 12mo. $2.25. VI. MELBOURNE HOUSE. A Tale. 12mo. $2.00. VII. THE KING'S PEOPLE. 5 vols. $7.00. VIII. THE SAY AND DO SERIES. 6 vols. $7.50. IX. A STORY OF SMALL BEGINNINGS. 4 vols. $5.00. _By Miss Anna Warner_. THE BLUE FLAG AND THE CLOTH OF GOLD $1.25 STORIES OF VINEGAR HILL 3 vols. 3.00 ELLEN MONTGOMERY'S BOOKSHELF 5 vols. 5.00 LITTLE JACK'S FOUR LESSONS 2.50 ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS, NEW YORK. THE LETTER OF CREDIT. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE WIDE, WIDE WORLD." ...."The bewildering masquerade of life, Where strangers walk as friends, and friends as strangers." LONGFELLOW. NEW YORK: ROBERT CARTER AND BROTHERS, 530 BROADWAY. 1882. Copyright, 1881, BY ROBERT CARTER & BROTHERS. CAMBRIDGE: PRESS OF JOHN WILSON AND SON. ST. JOHNLAND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY, SUFFOLK CO., N. Y. _NOTE. The following story, like its predecessors, "The End of a Coil," "My Desire," and "Diana," is a record of facts. For the characters and the coloring, of course, I am responsible; but the turns of the story, even in detail, are almost all utterly true. S. W. Martlaer's Rock, Sept. 12, 1881_. CONTENTS. CHAP. I. THE LETTER II. MOVING III. JANE STREET IV. A VISITER V. PRIVATE TUITION VI. A LEGACY VII. MENTAL PHILOSOPHY VIII. STATEN ISLAND IX. FORT WASHINGTON X. L'HOMME PROPOSE XI. MRS. BUSBY XII. MRS. BUSBY'S HOUSE XIII. NOT DRESSED XIV. IN SECLUSION XV. MRS. MOWBRAY XVI. SCHOOL XVII. BAGS AND BIBLES XVIII. FLINT AND STEEL XIX. A NEW DEPARTURE XX. STOCKINGS XXI. EDUCATION XXII. A CHANGE XXIII. TANFIELD XXIV. THE PURCELLS XXV. ROTHA'S REFUGE XXVI. ROTHA'S WORK XXVII. INQUIRIES