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THE GENIUS BY MARGARET POTTER AUTHOR OF "THE HOUSE OF DE MAILLY" "ISTAR OF BABYLON" ETC. ETC. LONDON AND NEW YORK HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS 1906

Copyright, 1906, by Harper & Brothers. All rights reserved. Published March, 1906.

TO MY BROTHER EDWARD CLEMENT POTTER

Contents

CHAPPAGE
PROLOGUE[3]
ITHE CZAR'S BALL[8]
IIMICHAEL[26]
IIITHE GREGORIEV HEIR[42]
IVTHE CORPS OF CADETS[60]
VDEATH JOY[75]
VINATHALIE[90]
VIISPRING AND THE ROSE[105]
VIIIIN CAMP[126]
IX"HALF-GODS GO"[156]
XSELF-DESTINY[184]
XITHE MOSCOW CONSERVATOIRE[202]
XIITHE GODS ARRIVE[226]
XIIISTUDENT'S FOLLY[255]
XIVTHE THIRD SECTION[272]
XVENGULFMENT[285]
XVIJOSEPH[302]
XVIIHERITAGE[319]
XVIIIJOSEPH THE SOWER[337]
XIXHIS HARVEST[353]
XXMADAME FÉODOREFF[364]
XXITOSCA REGNANT[381]
XXIITHE LION[400]
XXIIITHE HERMIT[427]
EPILOGUE[446]