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AT A WINTER'S FIRE

by

BERNARD CAPES

Author of The Lake of Wine, etc.

1899

All except three of the following Tales have already appeared in English or American Magazines. The best thanks of the author are due to the Editors of the "Cornhill," "Macmillan's," "Lippincott's" and "Pearson's" Magazines, and to the Editor of the "Sketch," for permission to reprint such of the stories as have been published in their pages.

Contents

THE MOON STRICKEN