Navy embossed pattern cloth binding with Gilt title and decoration on the spine and front board.

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The story: Rosamund Lindley, an English girl, beseeches a wealthy but eccentric relative to aid her in a cherished project; he dismisses her with a promise of answering her definitely after a week, and within that time dies, bequeathing to Rosamund an antique ruby ring.

L. T. Meade was the pseudonym of Elizabeth Thomasina Meade Smith (1844–1914), a prolific writer of girls’ stories. She was born in Bandon, County Cork, Ireland, daughter of Rev. R. T. Meade, of Nohoval, County Cork. She later moved to London, where she married Alfred Toulmin Smith in September 1879.