THE LOST DRYAD
ONE THOUSAND COPIES OF THIS BOOK HAVE BEEN PRINTEDAT HILLACRE FOR THE UNITED WORKERS OF GREENWICH—EASTERNBRANCH, INCORPORATED.
Sincerely yours
Frank R. Stockton
THE LOST DRYAD
BY
PRINTED AT HILLACRE
FOR THE EASTERN BRANCH OF
THE UNITED WORKERS OF GREENWICH
RIVERSIDE, CONN.
1912
Copyright, 1911, by The Curtis Publishing Co.
Copyright, 1912, by The United Workers of Greenwich.
A dozen years ago,when every one was stillreading Rudder Grangeand The Merry Chanter,Frank R. Stockton askedMrs. Frederick Gottholdwhich of his stories she liked best.Her choice of the fairy tale, Old Pipesand The Dryad, pleased him. Thefanciful stories he wrote for childrenwere very near to his own heart.
Some time after this, when thepublishers were preparing a new editionof Stockton, Mrs. Gotthold persuadedthem to have printed for her a copy of[6]Old Pipes, each page on a leaf of vellum.This she illuminated and decorated,bound it in leather and sent it toMr. Stockton.
One day Mrs. Gotthold’s mailcontained a parcel. Being opened,this proved to be a small leather-boundbook of neatest manuscript, bearing onthe inside cover this inscription:
To Mrs. Florence W. Gotthold, this little story—whichwas written for her, and of which there is no othercopy—is gratefully presented by
FRANK R. STOCKTON
Claymont, Nov. 3, 1901.
Transcribed by E. W. Tuttle.
A title-page, also in Mr. Stockton’shandwriting, read:
The | Lost Dryad | By | Frank R. Stockton | OnlyCopy. | Claymont | Charles Town, W. Va. | 1901
The book consisted of twenty pageswritten by Mr. Stockton’s sister-in-lawfrom h