Excerpt from A Noble Name, Vol. 1 of 3: A Novel; With Other Stories To me has been a true, albeit a somewhat sad pleasure, to prepare for republication A Noble Name, the tale with which these volumes open. It was written, alone of all the stories here brought together, in conjunction with Mrs. B. H. Buxton, author of Jennie of the Prince's. She had made her mark some time before our acquaintance began, and al though she had always ample employment for her clever pen, she was never too busy during the period of our brief friend ship, to aid me with her bright suggestions and willing hand. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.