title: The Book of Names: Stories
author:  Royce Leville 
description: Royce Leville is the author of 'The Book of Names.' His debut novel, 'A Little Leg Work,' won the fiction category and finished runner-up in the grand prize at the 2012 Next Generation Indie Book Awards.
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  # Jack Tier, Volume 1
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### James Fenimore Cooper
  
  
  This page copyright © 2001 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  PREFACE.
  
  
  CHAPTER I.
  
  
  CHAPTER II.
  
  
  CHAPTER III.
  
  
  CHAPTER IV.
  
  
  CHAPTER V.
  
  
  CHAPTER VI.
  
  
  CHAPTER VII.
  
  
  CHAPTER VIII.
  
  
  
  
  
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  JACK TIER; OR THE FLORIDA REEF. BY THE AUTHOR OF "THE PILOT," "RED
  
  
  ROVER," "TWO ADMIRALS," "WING AND WING," "MILES WALLINGFORD," ETC.
  
  
  Ay, now I am in Arden; the more fool
  
  
  I; when I was at home I was in a better place; but
  
  
  Travellers must be content.
  
  
  — As You Like It IN TWO VOLUMES. VOL. I.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### PREFACE.
  
  
  
  
  
    
  This work has already appeared in Graham's Magazine, under the
  
  
  title of "Rose Budd." The change of name is solely the act of the
  
  
  author, and arises from a conviction that the appellation given in this
  
  
  publication is more appropriate than the one laid aside. The necessity
  
  
  of writing to a name, instead of getting it from the incidents of the
  
  
  boo