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Title: The Bow of Orange Ribbon
A Romance of New York

Author: Amelia E. Barr

Illustrator: Theo. Hampe

Release Date: November 28, 2005 [EBook #17173]

Language: English

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[Illustration: Cover and spine]

[Illustration: She was going down the steps with him]

[Transcribers note: A title has been created for an unlisted illustration
on p102 of the original text and inserted into the list of illustrations.]

_THE BOW OF ORANGE RIBBON_

A ROMANCE OF NEW YORK

_BY AMELIA E. BARR AUTHOR OF
"JAN VEDDER'S WIFE"
"A DAUGHTER OF FIFE" ETC._

_WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY THEO. HAMPE_

_NEW YORK DODD, MEAD & COMPANY PUBLISHERS_

Copyright, 1886, 1893 BY DODD, MEAD & COMPANY

_All rights reserved_

Typography Presswork

BY ROCKWELL AND CHURCHILL, BY JOHN WILSON AND SON,

_Boston_ _Cambridge_.

BY PERMISSION

This Book is Dedicated

TO THE

_HOLLAND SOCIETY OF NEW YORK_

[Illustration: ILLUSTRATIONS:]

She was going down the steps with him
May in New York one hundred and twenty-one years ago
Joris Van Heemskirk
Locking-up the cupboards
She was tying on her white apron
"Come awa', my bonnie lassie"
Knitting
Neil and Bram
Tail-piece
Chapter heading
With her spelling-book and Heidelberg
The amber necklace
In one of those tall-backed Dutch chairs
Tail-piece
Chapter heading
He heard her calling him to breakfast
The quill pens must be mended
A Guelderland flagon
"A very proper love-knot"
Tail-piece
Chapter heading
Hyde flung off the touch with a passionate oath
Batavius stood at the mainmast
He took her in his arms
A little black boy entered
Tail-pie