THE ILLUSTRATIONS BY
THOMAS MITCHELL PEIRCE
GROSSET AND DUNLAP
PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK
1903

MAY

LIKE STEVENSON
SHE LOVES A STORY FOR THE STORY'S SAKE
SO I DEDICATE THIS BOOK TO HER
WHOSE BEAUTY I ADMIRE
AND WHOSE HEART AND MIND I LOVE
MY COUSIN
LILLIAN A. BALDWIN

CONTENTS

Chapter
I [THE MAN IN THE CLOAK]
II [THE TOILET OF THE CHEVALIER ]
III [THE MUTILATED HAND ]
IV [AN AENEAS FOR AN ACHATES ]
V [THE HORN OF PLENTY ]
VI [AN ACHATES FOR AN AENEAS ]
VII [THE PHILOSOPHY OF PERIGNY ]
VIII [THE LAST ROUT ]
IX [THE FIFTY PISTOLES ]
X [THE MASQUERADING LADIES ]
XI [THE JOURNEY TO QUEBEC ]
XII [A BALLADE OF DOUBLE REFRAIN ]
XIII [TEN THOUSAND LIVRES ]
XIV [BRETON FINDS A MARKER ]
XV [THE SUPPER ]
XVI [THE POET EXPLAINS ]
XVII [WHAT THE SHIP BRINGS ]
XVIII [THE MASTER OF IRONIES ]
XIX [A PAGE FROM MYTHOLOGY ]
XX [A WARRANT OR A CONTRACT ]
XXI [AN INGENIOUS IDEA ]
XXII [MADAME FINDS A DROLL BOOK ]
XXIII [A MARQUIS DONS HIS BALDRIC ]
XXIV [A DISSERTATION ON CHARITY ]
XXV [ORIOLES AND PREROGATIVES ]
XXVI [THE STORY OF HIAWATHA ]
XXVII [ONONDAGA ]
XXVIII [THE FLASH FROM THE FLAME ]
XXIX [A JOURNEY INTO THE HILLS ]
XXX [BROTHER JACQUES' ABSOLVO TE ]
XXXI [THE HUNTING HUT ]
XXXII [A GALLANT POET ]
XXXIII [HOW GABRIELLE DIANE LOVED ]
XXXIV [ABSOLUTION OF PERIGNY ]
XXXV [BROTHER! ]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

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