[Books by C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON]
[Frontispiece]
[Title Page]
[Dedication]
[List of Illustrations]
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[II][XII][XXII][XXXII]
[III][XIII][XXIII][XXXIII]
[IV][XIV][XXIV][XXXIV]
[V][XV][XXV][XXXV]
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[The End]
[Transcriber's Notes]

Books by C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON

The Golden Silence
The Motor Maid
Lord Loveland Discovers America
Set in Silver
The Lightning Conductor
The Princess Passes
My Friend the Chauffeur
Lady Betty Across the Water
Rosemary in Search of a Father
The Princess Virginia
The Car of Destiny
The Chaperon

"Mary was a goddess on a golden pinnacle. This was life; the wine of life"

THE

Guests of Hercules

BY

C. N. and A. M. WILLIAMSON

ILLUSTRATED BY

M. LEONE BRACKER & ARTHUR H. BUCKLAND

GARDEN CITY NEW YORK

DOUBLEDAY, PAGE & COMPANY

1912

Copyright, 1912, by

C. N. & A. M. Williamson

All rights reserved, including that of
translation into Foreign Languages,
including the Scandinavian

TO

THE LORD OF THE GARDEN

ILLUSTRATIONS

["Mary was a goddess on a golden pinnacle. This was life; the wine of life"] Frontispiece
FACING PAGE
[Mary Grant] 22
["'I can't promise!' she exclaimed. 'I've never wanted to marry.'"] 286
["'It was Fate brought you—to give you to me. Do you regret it?'"] 398

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