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                                 THE
                             TRAVELLERS.

                               A TALE.


                     _DESIGNED FOR YOUNG PEOPLE._


                                BY THE
                          AUTHOR OF REDWOOD.


               "Then slowly climb the many-winding way,
               And frequent turn to linger as you go,
               From loftier rocks new loveliness survey."
                                             CHILDE HAROLD.


                              NEW-YORK:

                  PUBLISHED BY E. BLISS AND E. WHITE,

                             And Sold by
              COLLINS AND HANNAY, NEW-YORK, AND CUMMINGS,
                       HILLIARD, AND CO. BOSTON.


                                1825.




  _Southern District of New-York, ss._

  BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the fourth day of April, A.D. 1825,
  in the forty-eighth year of the Independence of the United States
  of America, E. Bliss and E. White, of the said District, have
  deposited in this Office the title of a Book, the right whereof
  they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:--

  "The Travellers; a Tale Designed for Young People. By the author
  of Redwood.
          'Then slowly climb the many-winding way,
          And frequent turn to linger as you go,
          From loftier rocks new loveliness survey.'
                                           _Childe Harold._"

  In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the United States,
  entitled, "An Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing
  the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and
  proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned."
  And also to an Act entitled, "An Act supplementary to an Act
  entitled, an Act for the encouragement of Learning, by securing the
  copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors
  of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending
  the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and
  etching historical and other prints."
                                                    JAMES DILL,
                         Clerk of the Southern District of New-York.


  J. Seymour, printer.




    The following pages are inscribed to the youthful
    brother and sister, who are associated with every
    picture of unfolding virtue, in the mind of their
    affectionate friend,
                                       THE AUTHOR.




THE TRAVELLERS.


In the month of June, (the jubilee month of poets and travellers) in the
year eighteen hundred and eighteen, Mr. Sackville, his wife, and their
two children, Edward and Julia, made the grand tour of Niagara, the
lakes, Montreal, Quebec, &c. Both parents and children kept journals,
in which they recorded with fidelity whatever they observed which they
deemed worthy of note. We have been favored with the perusal of them
all, and have been permitted to make a few extracts from them, which we
intend to combine into a brief narrative, that we are sure will amuse
our young readers, provided their delicate essence does not escape our
unskilful hands.

First, it will be necessary that our readers should know into whose
society they are thus unceremoniously introduced.

Mr. Sackville, in the prime of life retired from the successful practice
of the law, to a beautiful estate in the country. Various motives were
assigned by his acquaintances for his removal; but as those diligent
inquirers, who so conscientiously investigate their neighbor's affairs,
are apt to pass over simple and obvious motives, those which, in this
instance, governed Mr. Sackville's conduct, escaped their observation.

The truth was, he had a strong predilection for a country life; he was
wearied with briefs and declarations; he loved above all things, the
society of his accomplished wife, and he ardently desired to participate
with her the happiness of educating their fine children; and besides, he
had many little plans of utility and benevolence, such as are naturally
suggested to an active and philanthropic mind on entering a new sphere
of life.

Mr. Sackville purchased a fine estate in the town of ----, in the state
of ----. We have left these blanks, which we are well aware are very
provoking to all, and especially to young readers, in order to allow
them to locate the amiable Sackvilles (the name