Chapter I: Front Matter

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ONLY A CLOD.
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LADY LISLE.
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HENRY DUNBAR.
ONLY A CLOD.
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LADY’S MILE.
AURORA FLOYD.
THE DOCTOR’S WIFE.
ELEANOR’S VICTORY.
SIR JASPER’S TENANT.
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2 The Morals of May-Fair. _Author of “Creeds.”_
3 The Cruise of the Daring. _Captain Armstrong._
4 Sailor Hero. _Ditto._
5 Margaret Catchpole. _Cobbold._
6 John Steggall, the Suffolk Gipsy. _Ditto._
7 Stuart of Dunleath. _Hon. Mrs. Norton._
8 Wild Oats. _Sir L. Wraxall._
9 The Jilt. _Author of “The Flirt.”_
10 The French Detective Officer’s Adventures. “_Waters._”
11 Attractive Man. _Mrs. Trollope._
12 Marian. _Mrs. S. C. Hall._
13 Opera Singer’s Wife. _Mrs. Grey._
14 Emilia Wyndham. _Mrs. Marsh._
15 Life of a Beauty. _Author of “Jilt.”_
16 He Would be a Gentleman. _Samuel Lover._
17 Father Darcy. _Mrs. Marsh._
18 Marrying Man. _Author of “Jilt.”_
19 My Pretty Cousin. _Ditto._
20 Lady Evelyn. _Mrs. Marsh._
21 Mary Rock. _Percy B. St. John._
22 Love and Jealousy. _Mrs. Trollope._
23 Peep o’Day. _Banim (O’Hara)._
24 Mordaunt Hall. _Mrs. Marsh._
25 Confessions of a Pretty Woman. _Miss Pardoe._
26 Young Husband. _Mrs. Grey._
27 Breach of Promise. _Author of “Jilt.”_
28 History of a Flirt. _Ditto._
29 Amy Moss. _Percy B. St. John._
30 Tales of Mystery, &c. _Poe._
31 Jack Brag. _Theodore Hook._
32 Time the Avenger. _Mrs. Marsh._
33 The Daughters. _Mrs. Grey._
34 Irish Stories and Legends. _Samuel Lover._
35 Disgrace to the Family. _Jerrold._
36 Twelve Months of Matrimony. _Emile Carlen._
37 Gambler’s Wife. _Mrs. Grey._
38 Bride Elect. _Author of “Jilt.”_
39 Pic Nic Papers. _Dickens._
40 The Pirates of the Foam. _Captain Armstrong._
41 The Sunny South. _Ditto._
42 Perils by Sea and Land. _Do._
43 Poems, complete. _Poe._
44 Guilty or Not Guilty. _Mrs. Gordon Smythies._
45 Friend Eli’s Daughter, and other Tales.
46 Harry Hamilton; or, Adventures Afloat and Ashore.
47 Widow Barnaby. _Mrs. Trollope._
48 Miranda. _Percy B. St. John._
49 Wilmingtons. _Mrs. Marsh._
50 Old Dower House. _Mrs. Grey._
51 Parsons and Widows. _Author of “Peter Priggins.”_
52 A Country Ghost Story: Hinchbridge Haunted. _Author of “Green Hand.”_
53 Mountain Marriage. _Mayne Reid._
54 Money and Misery. _Balzac._
55 Mildred’s Wedding. _Author of “Kiddle-a-Wink.”_
56 The Three Scouts, and Cudjo’s Cave. Two Tales of the American Civil
War.
57 Adventures of Mr. Wilderspin. _Andrew Halliday._
58 Eccentric Personages. _Russell._
59 Paid in Full. _H. J. Byron._
60 Nick of the Woods. _R. Bird._
61 Leah, the Jewish Maiden.
62 Brought to Light. _Author of “Foolish Margaret.”_

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3 Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Illustrated. _Mrs. Stowe._
4 How Could He Help It? _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_
5 To Love and To Be Loved. _Ditto._
6 The Star and the Cloud; or, A Daughter’s Love. _Ditto._
7 I’ve Been Thinking; or, The Secrets of Success. _A. S. Roe._
8 Lamplighter. _Miss Cumming._
9 Modern Flirtations. _Miss Sinclair._
10 The Wide, Wide World. _Miss Wetherell._
11 The Monk. _Mrs. Sherwood._
12 Alone. _Marion Harland._
13 Mary Ann Wellington. _R. Cobbold._
14 Ida May. _Mary Langdon._
15 Mysterious Marriage. _E. Graham._
16 Nellie of Truro. _Author of “Estelle.”_
17 The Nun. _Mrs. Sherwood._
18 Holiday House. _Catherine Sinclair._
19 True to the Last. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_
20 Mary Bunyan; or, The Dreamer’s Blind Daughter. _S. Rochester Ford._
21 Modern Accomplishments. _Miss Sinclair._
22 The £5 Note. An Autobiography. _Author of “Naomi.”_
23 The Confessor. _Miss Hardy._
24 Jane Rutherford. _Miss Mayne._
25 The Pilgrims of New England. _Author of “Naomi.”_
26 Jane Bouverie. _C. Sinclair._
27 Freston Tower. _Author of “Margaret Catchpole.”_
28 The Convent. _Miss McCrindell._
29 Time and Tide. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_
30 The Journey of Life. _Catherine Sinclair._
31 The Watchman. _J. A. Maitland._
32 Looking Around. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_
33 Rachel Cohen; or, The Miser’s Daughter. _Mrs. Kemp._
34 The English Governess. _Rachel McCrindell._
35 Emma De Lissau. _Author of “Sophia de Lissau.”_
36 Cross Purposes. _Miss Sinclair._
37 Helen Bury; or, The Errors of My Early Life. _Emma J. Worboise._
38 Long Look Ahead. _Author of “I’ve Been Thinking.”_
39 School Girl in France. _Miss McCrindell._
40 Nightshade. _W. Johnstone, M.P._

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THE
ILLUSTRIOUS DR. MATHÉUS.

BY
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_Authors of “Madame Thérèse,” “The Conscript,” “The Blockade,”
“Waterloo,” “The Story of a Peasant,” &c._

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