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Title: The Colonel's Dream

Author: Charles W. Chesnutt

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Language: English

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THE COLONEL'S DREAM

A Novel

by

CHARLES W. CHESNUTT

Harlem Moon
Broadway Books
New York

Published in 1905 by
Doubleday, New York.

THE COLONEL'S DREAM

DEDICATION

_To the great number of those who are seeking, in whatever manner or
degree, from near at hand or far away, to bring the forces of
enlightenment to bear upon the vexed problems which harass the South,
this volume is inscribed, with the hope that it may contribute to the
same good end._

_If there be nothing new between its covers, neither is love new, nor
faith, nor hope, nor disappointment, nor sorrow. Yet life is not the
less worth living because of any of these, nor has any man truly lived
until he has tasted of them all._

LIST OF CHARACTERS

_Colonel Henry French_, A RETIRED MERCHANT

_Mr. Kirby_, }
_Mrs. Jerviss_, } HIS FORMER PARTNERS

_Philip French_, THE COLONEL'S SON

_Peter French_, HIS OLD SERVANT

_Mrs. Treadwell_, AN OLD LADY

_Miss Laura Treadwell_, HER DAUGHTER

_Graci