Meloy, W. T. Lucile Vernon; or, The Church at Lansington

Meloy, W. T. Lucile Vernon; or, The Church at Lansington. Chicago & New York: Fleming H. Revell, (1889).  [4359]  No date, but the author writes from Chicago, Oct. 4, 1889 in his introduction to "Another Edition." Plum publisher's cloth with bright gilt spine titles, boards stamped in black. Light scuffing, 7 1/2 x 5 inches, gold floral end papers, 208 pp. with infrequent pencil marks, text block tight, end paper hinges a bit wobbly. Frontispiece illustration of a church at the four corners of farmer's fields, additional illustration of a small log barn with thatched roof, with horse, man, and woman. Good. Hardcover. The story of life in the pastorate, Chapter 2: "The Young Preacher and the Old Church." "This is a pleasant surprise in many ways. The author is Rev. W. T. Meloy, D. D., of the United Presbyterian Church of Chicago...It is a love story, not 'fascinating,' but with so much of genial interest that the reader is in no danger of laying it down unfinished...The moral purpos