EBOOK ROUND ANVIL ROCK ***
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ROUND ANVIL ROCK
_A ROMANCE_
BY
NANCY HUSTON BANKS
AUTHOR OF "OLDFIELD"
1903
[Illustration: "The Angelus was pealing from the bell of the little
log chapel."]
TO MY FATHER
A PREFACE
In weaving a romance round a real rock and through actual events, this
tale has taken no great liberty with fact. It has, indeed, claimed the
freedom of fiction only in drawing certain localities and incidents
somewhat closer together than they were in reality. And it has done this
notably in but three instances: by allowing the Wilderness Road to seem
nearer the Ohio River than it really was; by anticipating the
establishment of the Sisters of Charity; and by disregarding the
tradition that Philip Alston had gone from the region of Cedar House
before the time of the story, and that he died elsewhere. These
deviations are all rather slight, yet they are, nevertheless, essential
to any faithful description of the country, the time, and the people,
which this tale tries to describe.
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