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HOPES AND FEARS


                                    OR
                    SCENES FROM THE LIFE OF A SPINSTER
                                    BY
                            CHARLOTTE M. YONGE

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                      _ILLUSTRATED BY HERBERT GANDY_

                                  London
                        MACMILLAN AND CO., LIMITED
                     NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
                                   1899

                          _All rights reserved_




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