AN APOLOGY FOR OLD MAIDS

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THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

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ATLANTA SAN FRANCISCO

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MELBOURNE

THE MACMILLAN CO. OF CANADA, LTD.

TORONTO

OLD MAIDS

AND OTHER ESSAYS

BY

HENRY DWIGHT SEDGWICK

AUTHOR OF

99.66

"ITALY IN THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY,' A SHORT HISTORY OF ITALY

PUBLIC LIBRARY
782361

R

ASTOR, LENOX AND
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS

1916

Copyright, 1909, 1913, 1914, 1915 and 1916,
By the Atlantic Monthly Company.

Copyright, 1915,

By The Yale Publishing Association.

COPYRIGHT, 1916,

BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Set up and electrotyped." Eublished November, 1916.

ΤΟ

THE CLASS OF 1916

OF

THE BREARLEY SCHOOL

THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY

DEDICATED

"Retire into thyself."

MARCUS AURELIUS.