Chapter I: Front Matter

Transcriber’s Notes

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

Knock-na-callte-crōin-ōir appears with six different spellings. Knock-na-callte-ōir Knockcalltecrore Knockcalltore Knockalltecrore Knockaltecrore

Italics are represented thus _italic_.

THE SNAKE’S PASS.

_Quarto, cloth, gilt edges, price 6s._

_BY THE SAME AUTHOR._

UNDER THE SUNSET.

Some Opinions of the Press.

“... This particularly is a book which all clever and imaginative children should read.... The stories all paint a grand moral, are deeply pathetic, and of absorbing interest.”—_The World._

“....A charming book....”—_Punch._

“....This collection of delicate and forcible allegories.”—_Daily Telegraph._

“....The style of the book is characterized throughout by remarkable purity and grace.”—_The Daily News._

“....A really beautiful book, which may be enjoyed, not only by children, but by their elders.”—_Morning Post._

“....The tales are in the best style of imaginative narrative, with charming little touches of nature and reference to every-day things.”—_The Spectator._

“....The book is pervaded by a dreamy beauty of style, which cannot fail to be fascinating.”—_The Echo._

“....A mystical, supernatural tale, told as it should be told, hovering airily and luminously in a medium half imaginative, half ethical....”—_Liverpool Daily Post._

“....It ought to be in the book-case of every pastor, Christian, teacher, and scholar in the kingdom....”—_Elgin Courant._

“....The tales one and all captivate the young intellect by the charm of innocence and freshness they possess....”—_Dublin Freeman’s Journal._

“....We have rarely met a more delightful or more thoroughly wholesome book to place in the hands of children....”—_Cork Constitution._

“....The thoughts of the book are high and pure, and the scenery of it is finely coloured and attractive....”—_New York Tribune._

“A charming book, full of ingenious, refined, and poetical fancy.”—_The Australasian._

THE SNAKE’S PASS

BY

BRAM STOKER, M.A.

[Colophon]

LONDON:
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON, SEARLE & RIVINGTON, LTD.
St. Dunstan’s House,
FETTER LANE, FLEET STREET.
1891.

_All rights reserved._

CHISWICK PRESS:—C. WHITTINGHAM AND CO., TOOKS COURT,
CHANCERY LANE.

CONTENTS.

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