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EGOTISM ; OR, THE BOSOM SERPENT

THE CHRISTMAS BANQUET

DROWne's WOODEN IMAGE

THE INTELLIGENCE OFFICE

ROGER MALVIN'S BURIAL

P.'s CORRESPONDENCE

EARTH'S HOLOCAUST

PASSAGES FROM A RELINQUISHED WORK

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THE OLD APPLE DEALER

* THE ARTIST OF THE BEAUTIFUL

A VIRTUOSO's COLLECTION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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As REAL AS ANY LOVELY WOMAN (page 98)

Mary Ayer

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Frontispiece VIGNETTE ON ENGRAVED TITLE-PAGE: THE OLD Manse

Marion Peabody . SUCH A FEARFUL GUEST.

F. B. Masters 60 BY THE SIDE OF HER DEAD BOY Bertha Rockwell

164 THEY CONTINUED THEIR APPLAUSE

Helen Kibbey

250 A SILVER COIN

C. Victor Stearns 284 « WHAT CAN OWEN WARLAND BE ABOUT?"

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