THE LEAGUE OF THE MIAMI.
BYEMERSON BENNETT,
AUTHOR OF "THE BANDITS OF THE OSAGE," "TRAITOR," "UNKNOWN COUNTESS," "PRAIRIE FLOWER," "THE HYPOCRITE," &c., &c.A NEW AND STEREOTYPED EDITION, ENLARGED, REVISED, AND CORRECTED BY THE AUTHOR.PUBLISHED BY LORENZO STRATTON, 131 MAIN STREET, CINCINNATI. STEREOTYPED BY A. C. JAMES. 1851.
PREFACE.
THE following story; one of my earliest productions, was written a number of years since; and was originally published in a daily paper. The space then allowed for it, not being sufficient to carry out my design in full, the story appeared in a rather abbreviated form. Its popularity then, even as it was, and the continual call that has been made for it almost daily ever since, has induced its present publisher to re-issue it in its present shape, and have the missing portion supplied. In consequence of this, it appears enlarged to double its former length. In revising it, I am sorry to say I have found many of the sentences very faulty. As far as I could, conveniently, I have corrected them; but still they are by no means perfect, nor altogether such as I should construct were I to write the tale anew. Such as it is, however, I give it to the public, with the additional remark, that many of its scenes are founded on real occurrences.
THE AUTHOR.
MONSON, Mass., Dec. 1850.