KATRINE A Novel BY ELINOR MACARTNEY LANE AUTHOR OF "NANCY STAIR" AND "MILLS OF GOD" MCMIX Published March, 1909. To Grant B. Schley Dear and great Friend! In Katrine's fancied "Land" You long have held your own much-honored place— Have met great Esmond; held kind Newcome's hand; And talked with merry Alan face to face; For there, where Loyalty was word of countersign, You entered, all unchallenged, for the land was thine! E.M.L. PARIS, 1909 CONTENTS Chap. Page Preface