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THE

MYSTERIES OF FLORENCE.

BY

GEORGE LIPPARD.

AUTHOR OF “THE EMPIRE CITY, OR NEW YORK BY NIGHT AND DAY,” “THE MEMOIRS OF
A PREACHER,” “WASHINGTON AND HIS MEN,” “THE LEGENDS OF THE AMERICAN
REVOLUTION, OR, WASHINGTON AND HIS GENERALS,” “THE QUAKER CITY; OR, THE
MONKS OF MONK HALL,” “PAUL ARDENHEIM, THE MONK OF WISSAHIKON,”
“LEGENDS OF MEXICO,” “THE NAZARENE,” “BLANCHE OF BRANDYWINE,”
“THE ENTRANCED,” “THE BANK DIRECTOR’S SON,” ETC., ETC.

COMPLETE IN ONE VOLUME.

Philadelphia:
T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS,
306 CHESTNUT STREET.

Entered, according to act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

T. B. PETERSON & BROTHERS.

In the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States, in and
for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

CONTENTS.

BOOK THE FIRST.

THE RED CHAMBER.

CHAPTER FIRST.

PAGE

The Signet Ring of Albarone 13

CHAPTER SECOND.

The White Dust in the Goblet of Gold 20

CHAPTER THIRD.

The Embrace of a Brother 31

CHAPTER FOURTH.

The Death Trap 36

CHAPTER FIFTH.

The Chamber of Mysteries 40

CHAPTER SIXTH.

The Dream of the Damned 42

CHAPTER SEVENTH.

The Cell of the Doomed 48

CHAPTER EIGHTH.

Adrian the Doomed 53

CHAPTER NINTH.

The Felon and the Duke 57

CHAPTER TENTH.

The Chamber of the Duke 60

BOOK THE SECOND.

THE CAVERN OF ALBARONE.

CHAPTER FIRST.

The Pit of Darkness 65

CHAPTER SECOND.

Robin alone in the Earth-hidden Cavern 67

CHAPTER THIRD.

The Chapel of the Rocks 68

CHAPTER FOURTH.

The Chapel of St. George of Albarone 73

CHAPTER FIFTH.

The Cavern of Albarone 77

CHAPTER SIXTH.

The Ordeal 82

CHAPTER SEVENTH.

The Blow for the Winged Leopard 88

CHAPTER EIGHTH.

The Page and the Damsel 93

CHAPTER NINTH.

The Story of Guiseppo 95

CHAPTER TENTH.

The Memory of Guilt 98

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