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THE FURNACE

BY R. MACAULAY

AUTHOR OF 'ABBOTS VERNEY'

LONDON
JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET, W.
1907

TO THE
OTHER CITIZENS OF SANTA CATERINA,
VARAZZE,
WHO, AT PRESENT SCATTERED LABORIOUSLY OVER
THREE CONTINENTS,
INTEND, IN THE SPACIOUS DAYS OF LEISURE
THAT AGE SHALL BRING,
TO INHABIT AGAIN THE RED HOUSE BEYOND THE TOWN
AND NAVIGATE THE WHITE CANOE.