In this atmosphere the legend grew upon me, and the outgrowth of it is this volume, which, amid a busy life of editorial and other work, has forced itself upon my experience.
H.B.
28 WORCESTER STREET, BOSTON, July 4, 1890 CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.

GRETCHEN'S VIOLIN II.

THE CHIEF OF THE CASCADES III.

"BOSTON TILICUM" IV.

MRS.