This etext was transcribed by Les Bowler

p. iiBY THESAME AUTHOR

In a North CountryVillage

The Story ofDan

A Daughter of theSoil

Maime o’ theCorner

Frieze andFustian

Among the UntroddenWays

Miss Erin

The Duenna of aGenius

YeomanFleetwood

Fiander’sWidow

The Manor Farm

Christian Thal

Lychgate Hall

Dorset Dear

Wild Wheat

Simple Annals

STEPPING WESTWARD

BY

M. E. FRANCIS

(MrsFRANCIS BLUNDELL)

METHUEN & CO.
36 ESSEX STREET W.C.
LONDON

p. ivFirstPublished in 1907

p. vTO
MY DEAR FRIEND
ELINOR, LADY D’OYLY
KNOWN AND BELOVED BY DORSET FOLK OF ALLGRADES,
AND ALL AGES

“Write me asone who loves his fellow-men.”

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