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[1st series]
Harte, Bret (1836-1902)
  
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[title page]
  
[dedication]
  
PREFACE.
  
CONTENTS.

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MUCK-A-MUCK. A Modern Indian Novel. AFTER COOPER.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
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TERENCE DEUVILLE. BY CH--L--S L--V--R.
 1. 
CHAPTER I. MY HOME.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE FIGHTING FIFTY-SIXTH.
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SELINA SEDILIA. BY MISS M. E. B--DD--N AND MRS. H--N--Y W--D.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII.
 8. 
CHAPTER VIII.
 9. 
CHAPTER IX.
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THE NINETY-NINE GUARDSMEN. BY AL--X--D--R D--M--S.
 1. 
CHAPTER I. SHOWING THE QUALITY OF THE CUSTOMERS OF THE INNKEEPER OF PROVINS.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE COMBAT.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. SHOWING HOW THE KING OF FRANCE WENT UP A LADDER.
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THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD. BY SIR ED--D L--TT--N B--LW--R.
 1. 
BOOK I. THE PROMPTINGS OF THE IDEAL.
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BOOK II. IN THE WORLD.
 3. 
BOOK III. THE DWELLER OF THE THRESHOLD.
 4. 
BOOK IV. MYSELF.
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THE HAUNTED MAN. A Christmas Story. BY CH--R--S D--C--K--N--S.
 1. 
PART I. THE FIRST PHANTOM.
 2. 
BOOK II. THE SECOND PHANTOM.
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MISS MIX. BY CH--L--TTE BR--NTE.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
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GUY HEAVYSTONE; OR, “ENTIRE.” A Muscular Novel. BY THE AUTHOR OF “SWORD AND GUN.”
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
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MR. MIDSHIPMAN BREEZY. A Naval Officer. BY CAPTAIN M--R R Y--T, R. N.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
 7. 
CHAPTER VII.
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JOHN JENKINS; Or, The Smoker Reformed. BY T. S. A--TH--R.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE DOWNWARD PATH.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. AND LAST.
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NO TITLE. BY W--LK--E C--LL--NS.
 1. 
CHAPTER I. MARY JONES'S NARRATIVE.
 2. 
CHAPTER II. THE SLIM YOUNG MAN'S STORY.
 3. 
CHAPTER III. NO. 27 LIMEHOUSE ROAD.
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CHAPTER IV. COUNT MOSCOW'S NARRATIVE.
 5. 
CHAPTER V. DR. DIGGS'S STATEMENT.
  
CHAPTER LAST. STATEMENT OF THE PUBLISHER.
  
N N. Being a Novel in the French Paragraphic Style.
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FANTINE. AFTER THE FRENCH OF VICTOR HUGO.
 1. 
I.
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
 4. 
IV.
 5. 
V.
 6. 
VI.
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VII.
 8. 
VIII.
 9. 
IX.
 10. 
X.
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“LA FEMME.” AFTER THE FRENCH OF M. MICHELET.
 1. 
I. WOMEN AS AN INSTITUTION.
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II. THE INFANT.
 3. 
III. THE DOLL.
 4. 
IV. THE MUD PIE.
 5. 
V. HER FIRST LOVE.
 6. 
VI. THE WIFE.
 7. 
VII. HER OLD AGE.
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MARY McGILLUP. A Southern Novel. AFTER BELLE BOYD; WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY G. AS--LA.
 1. 
CHAPTER I.
 2. 
CHAPTER II.
 3. 
CHAPTER III.
 4. 
CHAPTER IV.
 5. 
CHAPTER V.
 6. 
CHAPTER VI.
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CIVIC SKETCHES.
  
A VENERABLE IMPOSTOR.
  
FROM A BALCONY.
  
MELONS.
  
SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF MASTER CHARLES SUMMERTON.
  
SIDEWALKINGS.
  
A BOYS' DOG.
  
CHARITABLE REMINISCENCES.
  
“SEEING THE STEAMER OFF.”
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NEIGHBORHOODS I HAVE MOVED FROM.
 1. 
I
 2. 
II.
 3. 
III.
  
MY SUBURBAN RESIDENCE.
  
ON A VULGAR LITTLE BOY.
  
WAITING FOR THE SHIP.
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LEGENDS AND TALES.
  
THE LEGEND OF MONTE DEL DIABLO.
  
THE ADVENTURE OF PADRE VICENTIO.
  
THE LEGEND OF DEVIL'S POINT.
  
THE DEVIL AND THE BROKER.
  
THE OGRESS OF SILVER LAND; OR, THE DIVERTING HISTORY OF PRINCE BADFELLAH AND PRINCE BULLEBOYE.
  
THE RUINS OF SAN FRANCISCO.
  
A NIGHT AT WINGDAM.

  
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8. VIII.

M. Madeline was M. le Maire.

This is how it came about.

For a long time he refused the honor. One day
an old woman, standing on the steps, said:

“Bah, a good mayor is a good thing.

You are a good thing.

Be a good mayor.”

This woman was a rhetorician. She understood
inductive ratiocination.

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