The Guinea Stamp A Tale of Modern Glasgow   By: Annie S. Swan (1859-1943)

by

ANNIE S. SWAN

FIVE SHILLING SERIES.

THE GATES OF EDEN.

A Story of Endeavour. By ANNIE S. SWAN. Large crown 8vo, cloth, with Portrait of the Authoress.

BRIAR AND PALM.

A Study of Circumstance and Influence. By ANNIE S. SWAN. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, Illustrated.

ONE FALSE STEP.

By ANDREW STEWART. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, Illustrated.

NOEL CHETWYND'S FALL.

By Mrs. J. H. NEEDELL. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, Illustrated.

SIR JOHN'S WARD.

By JANE H. JAMIESON. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, Frontispiece.

ST. VEDA'S; or, The Pearl of Orr's Haven.

By ANNIE S. SWAN. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra, with Frontispiece by ROBERT M'GREGOR.

KILGARVIE.

By ROBINA F. HARDY. With Frontispiece by ROBERT M'GREGOR, R. S. A. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra.

MADELINE POWER.

By ARTHUR W. MARCHMONT. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra.

AFTER TOUCH OF WEDDED HANDS.

By HANNAH B. MACKENZIE. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra.

THE GUINEA STAMP.

A Tale of Modern Glasgow. By ANNIE S. SWAN. Large crown 8vo, cloth extra.

Edinburgh & London: Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier.

THE GUINEA STAMP

A Tale of Modern Glasgow

by

ANNIE S. SWAN (Mrs. Burnett Smith)

Author of 'Aldersyde,' 'Across Her Path,' 'The Gates of Eden,' 'The Ayres of Studleigh,' 'Who Shall Serve?'

' The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a that. '

Edinburgh and London Oliphant Anderson & Ferrier 1892

Books By Annie S. Swan.

6s.

Sheila. With Frontispiece. Maitland of Laurieston.

5s.

The Gates of Eden. With Portrait of the Authoress. Briar and Palm. With Six Chalk Drawings. St. Veda's. With Frontispiece by Robert M'Gregor. The Guinea Stamp. A Tale of Modern Glasgow.

3s. 6d.

Aldersyde. With Six Original Illustrations by Tom Scott. Carlowrie. With Six Original Illustrations by Tom Scott. Doris Cheyne. With Illustrations of the English Lake District. Who Shall Serve? A Story for the Times.

2s. 6d.

Aldersyde. Carlowrie. Hazell & Sons. Illustrated. A Divided House. Illustrated. Ursula Vivian. Illustrated. The Ayres of Studleigh. Illustrated.

2s. In Paper Boards.

Aldersyde. Carlowrie. The Ayres of Studleigh. Illustrated.

Cloth, 1s. 6d.; Paper Covers, 1s. Illustrated.

Across Her Path. A Divided House. Cheap Edition. Sundered Hearts. Robert Martin's Lesson. Mistaken, and Marion Forsyth. Shadowed Lives. Ursula Vivian. Cheap Edition. Dorothea Kirke. Vita Vinctis. By Robina F. Hardy, Annie S. Swan, and Jessie M. E. Saxby. Wrongs Righted. The Secret Panel. Thomas Dryburgh's Dream, and Miss Baxter's Bequest. Twice Tried. A Vexed Inheritance. Hazell & Sons. Cheap Edition. A Bachelor in Search of a Wife.

Cloth, 9d.

Mistaken. Marion Forsyth. Thomas Dryburgh's Dream. Miss Baxter's Bequest.

6d.

Douglas Roy. Katie's Christmas Lesson. Tom's Memorable Christmas. Bess: The Story of a Waif. The Bonnie Jean.

Edinburgh and London OLIPHANT ANDERSON & FERRIER. MORRISON AND GIBB, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.

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CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE

I. FATHERLESS, 7

II. WHAT TO DO WITH HER, 16

III. THE NEW HOME, 26

IV. A RAY OF LIGHT, 34

V. LIZ, 43

VI. PICTURES OF LIFE, 51

VII. LIZ SPEAKS HER MIND, 60

VIII. EDGED TOOLS, 68