"Who has not read with rare delight the novels of Augusta
Evans? Her strange, wonderful, and fascinating style;
the profound depths to which she sinks the probe into
human nature, touching its most sacred chords and
springs; the intense interest thrown around
her characters, and the very marked pecu-
liarities of her principal figures, con

spire to give an unusual interest
to the works of this eminent
Southern

authores3."

All published uniform with this volume, and sent free by mail, on receipt of price, by

G. W. CARLETON & CO., Publishers,

New York.

OR,

"UNTIL DEATH US DO PART."

A Novel.

BY

AUGUSTA J. EVANS,

AUTHOR OF

“BEULAH," "MACARIA," "ST. ELMO," ETO.

"But I have not grown easy in these bonds, —

But I have not denied what bonds these wore."

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HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY
SHELDON FUND
JULY 10. 1940

Entered. according to Act of Congress. in the year 1869, by

GEORGE W. CARLETON,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court for the Southern District of New York

TO THE HONORED MEMORY

My Beloved Father,

GHOSE DEATH HAS RETARDED THE COMPLETION OF A WORS

WHICH, IN THE BEGINNING, WAS BLESSED

WITH HIS APPROVAL,

I REVERENTLY DEDICATE THIS BOOK