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Title: Threads of Grey and Gold

Author: Myrtle Reed

Illustrator: Clara L. Burd

Release Date: February 14, 2010 [EBook #31272]

Language: English

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THREADS OF GREY
AND GOLD

BY

MYRTLE REED

Author of

Lavender and Old Lace
The Master's Violin
Old Rose and Silver
A Weaver of Dreams
Flower of the Dusk
At the Sign of the Jack O'Lantern
The Shadow of Victory
Etc.

New York

GROSSET & DUNLAP

Publishers

COPYRIGHT, 1902
BY
MYRTLE REED

BY MYRTLE REED:

A Weaver of Dreams Sonnets to a Lover
Old Rose and Silver Master of the Vineyard
Lavender and Old Lace Flower of the Dusk
The Master's Violin At the Sign of the Jack-O'Lantern
Love Letters of a Musician A Spinner in the Sun
The Spinster Book Later Love Letters of a Musician
The Shadow of Victory Love Affairs of Literary Men
Myrtle Reed Year Book

This edition is issued under arrangement with the publishers
G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS, NEW YORK AND LONDON

[Illustration: GEORGE WASHINGTON AND MARTHA CURTIS.
From a drawing by Clara L. Burd. (Page 34)]

TO THE READERS OF
THE ROMANCES OF MYRTLE REED.

--A world-wide circle comprising probably not less than two million
sympathetic admirers--

This volume, which presents some of the writer's most typical
utterances--utterances characterised by the combination of wisdom,
humour, and sentiment that belongs to all the writings of the gifted
author,

IS DEDICATED BY
THE EDITOR.

CHICAGO,
_January, 1913._

IN MEMORY OF A WEAVER OF DREAMS.

A tribute to Myrtle Reed in recognition of her beautiful and valuable
contributions to English literature.

As the spinner of silk weaves his sunbeams of gold,
Blending sunset and dawn