It was first brought out in twenty-four monthly numbers, and ran through the years 1858 and 1859, Messrs.

Bradbury and Evans having been the publishers.

It takes up by no means the story of _Esmond_, and hardly the characters.

The twin lads, who are called the Virginians, and whose name is Warrington, are grandsons of Esmond and his wife Lady Castlewood.

Their one daughter, born at the estate in Virginia, had married a Warrington, and the Virginians are the issue of that marriage.