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  MARIANELA

  BY

  B. PEREZ GALDÓS
  Author of "Gloria," etc.

  From the Spanish by CLARA BELL

  REVISED AND CORRECTED IN THE UNITED STATES

  NEW YORK
  WILLIAM S. GOTTSBERGER, PUBLISHER
  11 MURRAY STREET
  1883




  Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1883
  By William S. Gottsberger
  In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington

  THIS TRANSLATION WAS MADE EXPRESSLY FOR THE PUBLISHER

  Press of
  William S. Gottsberger
  New York




TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.


Those who have read "Gloria" will, it is hoped, hail with pleasure
another work by the same writer, Perez Galdós--different it is true,
but in its way not less delightful.

The strongly-marked humor and darkly-painted tragedy of "Gloria" are
not to be found in "Marianela;" the characters are distinct and crisply
sketched, but with a tender hand, the catastrophe is pitiable, rather
shocking; the whole tone is idyllic.

I have not hesitated to translate literally the Spanish words of
endearment; for though they are foreign to the calmer spirit of our