THE HAMILTONS; OR, SUNSHINE IN STORM.
BYCORA BERKLEY.
NEW YORK:
EDWARD DUNIGAN & BROTHER, (JAMES B. KIRKER,)
151 FULTON STREET.
1856.ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1856, by JAMES B. KIRKER, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
PREFACE.
THIS little book is intended to illustrate the strength, the beauty, and the purity of a true Catholic heart, whether in prosperity or in adversity; and the noiseless, yet almost irresistible influence it may acquire over those who come within its sphere. The author believes that the deep, tender piety of Catholicity, with its unselfishness, its childlike repose in the will of God, is fully equal to all the emergencies of the most eventful life. In the following pages page: 4-5 (Table of Contents) [View Page 4-5 (Table of Contents) ] the author has attempted to show how the deepest piety is not incompatible with the most brilliant success in every sphere of life. If the attempt is a successful one, she will have attained her object; if not, she is content to have this little work added to the, great list of failures and disappointments with which the world is full.
CONTENTS.
- I.-ENTRANCE INTO SOCIETY. 7
- II.-RETROSPECT-"FAST" ACQUAINTANOES. 24
- III.-NEW-YEAR'S EVE. 44
- IV.-A PROFLIGATE'S PROMISE. 61
- V.-SOMETHING LIKE OLD TIMES. 78
- VI.-A PRESENT REFUSED. 93
- VII.-SUDDEN RETRIBUTION. 110
- VIII.-THE CRASH-ADVERSITY. 130
- IX.-THE CHILDHOOD HOME. 151
- X.-A STRANGE VISIT.-RITA. 172
- XI.-HORTENSE'S LETTER. 192
- CONCLUSION. 215
