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Oakshaw, or, The victims of avarice. Coggeshall, William Turner, (1824–1867).
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OAKSHAW; OR, THE VICTIMS OF AVARICE: A Tale of Intrigue.

BY

WILLIAM T. COGGESHALL,

AUTHOR OF "EASY WARREN AND HIS COTEMPORARIES." The ample propositions that hope makes In all designs begun on earth below, Fail in the promised largeness; checks and disasters Grow in the veins of actions highest reared; As knots, by the conflux of meeting sap, Infect the sound pine and divert his grain Tortive and errant from his course of growth. [TROILUS AND CRESSIDA.

CINCINNATI: PUBLISHED BY U. P. JAMES, 167 WALNUT STREET.

1855.
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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1855, BY WILLIAM T. COGGESHALL, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. C. F. O'DRISCOLL & CO., STEREOTYPERS, CINCINNATI, O.

PUBLISHER'S NOTICE.

IN the fall of 1850, W. N. HALDEMAN, proprietor of the Louisville (Ky.) Courier, offered $200 as a prize for the best three of any stories that should be sent him before the 15th of December following.

The committee appointed to decide on the merits of the competing Tales, consisted of T. S. BELL, J. H. HEYWOOD, BEN. CASSEDAY, W. R. HARVEY and NOBLE BUTLER. This committee reported on the 3d of January, 1851, and awarded the prizes as follows:

To "BLANCHE OF ARTOIS," by Edward Flagg, $100.

To "THE STUDENT'S REWARD," by A. D. Madeira, $50.

To "OAKSHAW; OR, THE VICTIMS OF AVARICE," by W. T. Coggeshall, $50.

The Tales were published in the columns of the Courier in regular succession, "OAKSHAW" appearing last. It was the only one of the Prize Tales copied into any other paper, and by several influential journals was pronounced the best of the three. On the day the last chapter was published in the Courier, the editor called attention to it in a paragraph which contained these words: "OAKSHAW is, we believe, generally regarded as possessing more incident and interest than either of its predecessors." The Lawrenceburg (Ind.) Independent Register, which copied "Oakshaw," gave it the following notice:

"We conclude this highly interesting story in this number of our paper. We are gratified to know that the selection of it page: iv-v (Table of Contents) [View Page iv-v (Table of Contents) ] has been approved by our readers generally, many of whom have pronounced it one of the best tales they ever read. For it, we are indebted to the enterprising publisher of the Louisville Courier, in which paper it appeared originally from the manuscript of the author. In our opinion, it should have received the first premium paid by the publisher of that paper."

The success which attended "OAKSHAW" as a Prize Tale, induced its present publication in book form. It has been carefully revised by the author, and is offered to the reading public in confidence that its influence will be healthful, and for the advancement of the writer's reputation.

THE PUBLISHER.

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