THE
MYSTERIES OF FLORENCE.

BY
G E O R G E L I P P A R D.
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. P E T E R S O N & B R O T H E R S,
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]
[BOOK THE THIRD.]
LAST NIGHT OF THRICE SEVEN YEARS.
CHAPTER FIRST.
[The Maiden in her Bower][105]
CHAPTER SECOND.
[The Lady and the Yeoman][111]
CHAPTER THIRD.
[The Valley of the Bowl][114]
CHAPTER FOURTH.
[The Bridal Eve][117]
CHAPTER FIFTH.
[The Bridal Morn][125]
CHAPTER SIXTH.
[Sir Geoffrey O’ TH’ Longsword][131]
CHAPTER SEVENTH.
[The Student and the Fair Stranger][135]
CHAPTER EIGHTH.
[The Castle Gate][138]
CHAPTER NINTH.
[Aldarin and his Future][143]
CHAPTER TENTH.
[The Scholar Aldarin and the Lord Guiseppo][151]
CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
[The White Waters of the Alembic][157]
CHAPTER TWELFTH.
[The Trial of the Waters of Life][163]
CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.
[The Oath][173]
CHAPTER FOURTEENTH.
[The Fate of the Fratricide][178]
[BOOK THE FOURTH.]
THE QUEEN OF FLORENCE.
CHAPTER FIRST.
[A Silvery Moon and a Cloudless Sky][189]
CHAPTER SECOND.
[The Cloud Gathers and the Sky Darkens][192]
CHAPTER THIRD.
[The Death Bowl][195]
CHAPTER FOURTH.
[The Cell of St. Areline][205]
CHAPTER FIFTH.
[The Wonders of St. Areline][208]
CHAPTER SIXTH.
[The Watch beside the Dead][211]
CHAPTER SEVENTH.
[The Coffin and the Corse][213]
CHAPTER EIGHTH.
[The Fate of the Betrayer][218]
CHAPTER NINTH.
[Three Days Elapse][221]
CHAPTER TENTH.
[The Mysteries of the Chronicle][224]
CHAPTER ELEVENTH.
[The Buried Alive][230]
CHAPTER TWELFTH.
[The Real more terrible than the Unreal][239]
CHAPTER THIRTEENTH.
[The Cathedral of Florence][250]

The Scene of the Romance.

The moon arose!