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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JANUARY 8 , 1877-Eight Pages , A BRILLIANT APVEKTURE , OEi ' What d 3 Yon take Your Old Dn * F r ? " Frem Harpe-'s Weekly. The time was about a fortnight before Christmas. There were not many travelers , and I had a compartment - partment in the early tidal train to mpeelf. My destination was Paris , my errand to convey from my father ( a .London jeweler and silver smith ) to bis nepnt in that city a very valuable brilliant ring. "The " diainondB in it are worth five hun dred pounds if they are worth a penny , " my father had said to me ; < rso I hope you will take special care of the ring , Ned. and neither lose it on the way nor allow yourself to be robbed of it. " I smiled a little su perciliously as my father hpoke. AI if it were at all likely that I should either lose it or allow it to be stolen from me ! I was just turned one- and twenty , and father had no right to speak to me as if I were still a boy. boy.I I had got the ring in an inner pocket of my waistcoat , as I took care to assure myself from time to time. 1 had not seen it since my father put it into a velvet-lined box , in which It was still shut up. "When I had finished my first cigar and had got through the morning news , ihe thought struck me tbat I might as well have another look at the ring. There could be no barm in that , you know. I took the box out of its hiding place and opened it. My eyes were dazzled as I looked. There laid the darling in its nest of purpl * velvet. Who could have res isted the pleasure of taking it out and trying it on ? Certainly not I. First on one finger and then on an other I tried it. Had it been made for the third finger of my right hand , it could not have fitted me better. It looked simply exquisite Now 1 came to think of it , was there or could there be a saferiiding- place for the ring than my finger ? I had only to Keep my glove on and not a soul would know anything about It. Tt was far safer there than in my poctet. In such a case to hesitate was folly. I placed the ring on my finper , and put the empty box back into my pocket. As 1 was alone , there was no occasion to put my glove on just then ; so I muted and smoked , and watched the many- colored rays of light that flashed from the brilliants , and wondered what great swell's finger It was -destined to decorate. How 1 wished that I could call it mine. There was no harm in dazzling the eyes of the ticket collector witn it He was only a railway official. "But I took care to pull on my glove and button it before alighting from the train. A quarter of an hour later we were steaming swiftly out of Dover harbor There was not more than a dozen passengers on d < > ck. The day was cold and clear , with just anough tea on to make the voyage unpleasant for bad sailors. Only two ladies were visible One was a stout , middle-aged person , who was eating and drinking nearly the whole way across evidently an old salt. The ) ther was well , limply the most charming creature I had ever set my eyes on. In point of fact , I could not keep my eyes off her. T passed her and repassed her as I paced the deck from end to end , and every time that I passed her I looked - -ed at her. What lovely gray eves ! "What euperb yellow hair ! Hut as for her complexion , it would need a poet to describe its wild-ose tints. Once or twice her eyes met mine just for a moment , and it struck me that they were full of a wistful sad- ness. So far as I could judga , she was entirely alone. We were about hall way across when , as I passed ner for the fiftieth time , she spoke. "Would monsieur have thegoodness to ask the steward to bring me a little cognac1' She spoke in French. As the song says , "Her voice was low and sweet" 1 was too flattered to answer her. I could only bow and grin , and make a bolt to the steward's den. Of caurse I took the cogna-j to her myself. You should have seen how prettily she thanked me. She sipped at ft as a canary might do. if that bird were in the habit of drinking brandy. "I hope tbat mademoselle is somewhat re vived , " I ventured to observe pres ently. "Yes , very much revived , thanks id monsieur. But I am not a mad emoselle. I am a madame. I am a widow. " She pressed her hand- "kerchief to her eyes as she spoke. How interestina , nay , how touching was this simple confession. The wistful sorrow in her eyes was at once accounted for. Would that it had been my happy lot to comfort Tier ! There was a camp-stool close by. Presently I ventured to draw it a little nearer and to sit down on it , blushing at my temerity as I did so. She did not seem at all offended and we were presently in the midst of an animated and interesting > ; on- -versation. There was no hauteur about madame. On the contrary , she was candor itself. She had only been three daya in London , she told me. She had been staying with Sir Henry Fitz Evans , who had charge of her husband's inter ests in England. She was now going bank into seclusion going back to the little cottage in which she had dwelt ever since her dear husband's death. She would not he Able to go forward by the tidal train , she told me , having a business call to make in Calais. She wou'd go forward by the'evening train. All this was told me with charming ,4 frankness Ihere was no reason fl7i why I should not wait and go for ward with her by the evening train if she would allow me to do so. i IS When I threw out a hint to that I ? " flect , she offered no objection. She admitted at once that she was fond of society , and then she looked at me and well , I could almost sworn that she blushed. I bad already told her that I was bound to Paris on a special errand for my father ; but I had not said a word about the nng , nor had she even seen it. I had put on on my glove before leav ing the train at Dover , and I still wore them. A little while longer and we found ourselves at Calais. When we landed , madame admit ted that shs was hungry , and that luncheon would be a desirable feat ure of the programme. According ly , while she went about her busi ness , 1 took a voiiure and drove to the Hotel Dessm. There in the course of half an hour , madame joined me Now , one can't very well partake of luncheon in kid gloves. The quesli was whether I should pir- take mine with the riuon my tin ge , or whether I should put it carefully - fully away in the box and hide it out of sight. If you have anv knowledge of what human nature is at twenty-one , especially when there's a pretty womam in the case , vou will know the decision I arrived at Madame pecked a little at thia and that , but hardly ate more than a sparrow might have done. How swiftly the minutes seemed to fly ! Icould have lingered i n in that cozy little room for a year. When the cloth was drawn and we were left to ourselves , with a bo1 tie of hock on the table between us , some how our chairs seemed to gravitate toward each other. Or perhaps it was the stove that attracted us , for the afternoon was chilly. In any case , we found ourselves in closer proximity. Then said madame. "Do you smoke , monsieur ? " "Yes , considerably more than is good for me I'm afraid " "Then smoke now. Oblige me. I like to see a gentle man smoke. " I rose in order to get my ci ar case out of the pocket o ! my overcoat. Madame laid hei band lightly on my arm and what a charming hand it way. "lenez. I am going to make a confession , " said she. "I smoke , too , moi Cigarettes. I lived for several years in Spain , where nearly all the ladies smoke. You are not shocked , I hope at the idea of a lady nmoking a cigarette ? " " madame " ja"Shocked , "No , of course not. You are too much a man of the world. You are above such insular prejudices. Eh blen , yon shall smoke one of my cigarettes. " From the sachet by her side she drew an embroidered case which she opened and bade me choose a cigarette. I did so , and she took another. Ihen with bei own fan fingers she struck an allu melle. and held it while I lighted her own. She could not fail to see my ring as she lighted the match. "I dare say you will find the flavor a little peculiar , " said mudame , a minute or two 1 Uer. "These ciga rettes are made of perfumed tooacco. I never smoke any others. J hope you don't find yours very disagree able. " "On the contrary , madame , I am quite in love with It. As you say the flavor is quite peculiar , but aromatic matic and pleasant very pleasant. " To tell the truth , I didn't iike it at all , but I wouldn't have said so for worlds. We smoked on in silence. What would this superb creature say to me , I wondered , if I were to tell her how madly I had fallen in love with her ? Would she reject me with scorn , or would she I gaye a sudden start , and was shocked to find that I bad besn falling asleep. Fortunately madame bad not no ticed me. Her large meldncnoly eyes were bent upon the stove. There was certainly something very soothing , something that inclined to slumber and happy dreums about madame's peculiar cigarettes. If I had but two thousand a year now , and this sweat creature to share it with me , how happy could I be ! Certainly she must have been some six or seven years older than my self , but I never was one to care for your chits of school girls , who set up for being women before they are out of their teens. Here was an angal who had been left desolate , who had been cast on a bleak aud unfeeling world , who had pined for a heart and home for a heart brim med over with love. Gracious good ness ! I had a heart that yearned toward her that that -Why eh how was this ? And where was I ! i awoke wiih a shiver. But for the lamp in the courtyard the room would have beeu quite dark. My head was achiug frightfully. I getup up and staggered to the window. When I loosed out and saw the familiar courtyard , everything cume back to me like a flash of light. Where waa madame ? Why had I slept EO long ? What a boar she must tuke me to be ? 1 groped for the bell and rang it violently. " Up came the waiter with a candle. "Where is madame ? " I demanded. "Madame , " he answered , "went out nearly three hours ago , saying that she wanted to make a few pur chases , and would be back in a littla while. On no account , she said , waa her brother , who bad suf fered from mat de mer in crossing , to be disturbed. Madame , " be added "has rut yet returned. " Gone three hours ago ! Hei broth er ! Mai de mer ! What could it all mean ? As I sat down , utterly bewildered , my arm pressed against the little box ID my pocket. Me chanically I glanced at my finger. The ring was no longer there ! My heart turned sick within me. I sank down and buried my face in my hands. The waiter thought I was ill ; and ran to fetch some cognac. I saw it all now. Fool fool that I w ° s ! I had allowed mvseli to be swindled , and by a common adven turess. "At 9 o'clock next morning I stood before my father , a miserable , hag. gard , woebegone wretch. I told my tale , but as I did so I could not keep down my tears tears of mingled shame add vexation. He listened to me with a curious , cynical smile. When I had done he went to his bureau and opened a drawer. "Set pour mind at rest ; .Ned , " he said. "Here's the ring , safe and sound ! " I could only stare at him in openmouthed - mouthed astonishment. "When madame , with the ring in her pos session , left you asleep , she wati just in time to catch the afternoon boat back to Dover. The ring was in my tiands again before 10 o'clock last night.1' "But but , " I stammered out , " 1 lon't understand. When she had ) nce got the ring in her possession , why did she bring it back to you ? " "Because she was paid to do so. Because she was hired by me : hrough the agency of a private in quiry office to act as she did act. Madame by profession is not a thiel but a thief-catcher. You had grown so self-conceited of late , Master Ned , you bad such a mighty till opinion of yourself and your abilities tbat 1 thought it would do you no baTn to take you down a peg 01 two 1 hope I have succened in con vincing you tbat there are people in the world quite as clever , or it may he cleverer , than a certain younc nincompoop of oue-and-twenty. II you piofit by the lesson my money will have been well spent. " An hour or two later I said : "But wasn't it rather risky thing to dn with a ring worth hve hundred pounds ! " My father winke i at me with the solemnity of a Judge. "My dear ISed , what do yon take your old dad for ? The diamonds were nothing - thing but paste , " MISCELLANEOUS. 9MqM8si9 Saireqamd ejojaq saaud pm 300)8 ino eutmvxa o ) pajeanboi en siaqqof q N srooovfro.1. BKIMO QKV ONIDIS MI ranvia rrmaoHA OUT & 0 SHHHQIOVjaKVK 'H3HOSXIH X V iSX/kY AHOLOV HV-0IO B AMKCTG HOUSES. THE OLDEST ESTABLISHED BANKING HOUSE IN NEBRASKA. CALDf ELL HAMILTON & GO BAH1LERS. Business transacted same as tbat of an incor porated Bank. Accounts kept in cur rency or grold subject to sigbt cbeck without no tice Certificates of deposits issued payable in tbree , six and twelve montbs , bearing ; interest at six per cent , per anrmtw ox on demand without inter est. est.Advances Advances made to ous- omers on approved se curities at market rates of interest. Buy and sell srold , bills of exchange , government State , County * nd City bonds. Draw ight drafts on England , Ireland , Scot land , and all parts of Eu- rooe. Sell European Passage Tickets. COLLECTIONS PFOMPTLY MADE , anrltf FRANK MURPHY , INO3 LOW ? , Prtidnl. Yia..Pr. id..L BEN. WOOD , C.tSi.r. STATE or1hws { Cor * rF rhiin Thirl * * JH OtUBA - NEBRASKA Capital 100.000 Authorised capiUi 1.000.000 Deposits as small as one dollar received and compound interest allowed on the same. MUM DTER CERTIFICATES OF DEPKIT , The whole or any pan ot a deposit after remaining in the bank three months will draw interest from date of deposit to pay ment. The whole or any part of a deposit mav be drawn at anv time. anra-tf TT. S. DEPOSITORY. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF OMAHA , Corner Farnhsm and Thir1nth.8ts. TteOltetBaofiiEstaWistaeDt IH OMAHA. (8UCOIS8OU TO rOUKTM BBOB. ) ESTABLISHED IN 1858. Organize as a National Bank August 20. 1863 ni Prill : Dm SIIMII , BIRECTORS : H. Kountze , Prt * lent I Jno. H. Crelghton Aegustut Kountet , H. W. Yale * . VIcePrMUttL I Cashier * . A. J. POPPLETON. Attorney. This bank receives deposits without regard to amounts. Issues time certificates bearing interest. Draws drafts on San Francisco and princi pal cities of the United States , also London. Dublin. Edinburg and the principal cities oi he contin ent of Europe. Sells passage ticket * f r emigrant ! in the lamanline oetistf Davenport House. DcutfdjeS ( Baftljaug. JOHN RICHARD. Proprietor. Farnham St. Bet. 9th and 10th Sts. OMAHA NEB. This Hotel is New and fitted np in Neat Style. janS-3m H , ROLFER- who for the list three months has delivered TEE LOWER VEIN COAX. , and has observed the general satisfaction it gives. EAS HADE AKRANOIUBKTS WIT ? DORSE1T * CO. . - - - Agents. for all that he an fell. Leave orders with EDWARD WJRTH48213tkSt. . JkMt , Jt'arakam aad .Barney , OB WITH H. ROLFER HIMSELF. The coal will ell be weighed at City sca'es. jan4-lm AMERICAN SURGICAL ISSTITUTE 162 Hirnty-St. Omaha Nebraska" FOB THE TBKATUKNT OF Jill Classes of Sirjtij , Chronic Diseases I DefoniiHIei , S.D.Mercer.M.D , Surgeon and in charge of Chronic Diseases. J. U. Denise. M. D. , in charge of Diseases of Eye. Ear and Throat. sepleodwf JOHN H. GREEN , 3TATE MILLS , -DEALER IN GRAIN , FLOUR AND FEED AND /ommiNion merchant. EDWARD KU.EH.Li , Magister of the Departed No. 498 10th BL Farnham and Hirny. Will by the aid of guardian spirits , obtain of anv one a view of the past , present and eture. No fees charged in oases of sick- ass aorlS-tf E.F COOK WHOLESALE AND BtTAILHB OF COOKAMEAMST07ES. SOLK WKSTKRX AOKiCT POR NI'S ' CELEBRATED MIGHT IROICOILQIICE , OOFFEE URNS ROASTERS , LAUNDRY STOVES iC. . Sales from 70 to 75.000. 537 Fourteenth street. - - Omaha. nov29.ti FIRE INSURANCE M. O. McKOON , Agent. Boom No. 2 , Creighton Block , OSfAHA NEBRASKA. teilaWe Companies ! Prompt Adjustments ! Imperial & Northern , of London$34 000 000 Royal , of Liverpool . . . _ . . . _ 25 000 000 Phenix , of New York- _ 2 700 000 Continental , of New Tork 2 900 000 GcrmaE American , of New York 2 100 000 Fire Association of Philadelphia- 600 000 American , of Philadelphia 1 300 000 Pennsylvania , of Philadelphia I 600 000 National of Hartford . 1100 000 Orient , of Hartford . . _ _ . . . _ . - . 809 000 Western , of Toronto . . . . . 1 600 000 Boringfleld. of Springfield Mass. 160Q.UOU Commercial Union , London 18 300 000 Roger Williams , of Providence. R. I- 500000 Total cash capital represented.$97,000.000 mal5 eodly < > 8 S S-g.5 ? ! = aa , g < M < tH\a * M B W ? 3 > S 2 eg o3 W * . IS P = § ? I . ? = B g M " 5 s do S D gf ff 3-3 - * S3 2 M < * * | COS | A * S O s-g. & Si ! " 3 . 3 CD 3s" Mo | S lo S i I _ RB HJ- ; " * 1 O. < sslgli W PC | S trig 1 2 t-H B S- i I B e. H E E o5h-5 LW o | 3 ° H ? 3 ihjti s k ! ft * " Baal S * M p o ? , Su ? CD UJ 3 = o H " . .I H IH l f o fed l3 & r 5 B i B P f COOTENENTALSALOON 4 613th-st. bet farnham and Ilarney. FRED. LAUTERBACH. Proprietor. . Zither concerts given every day and even- iHK. jan2-tf G. ANDREEN. -XAHUrAOTCBKK OF ALL KKD8 OF- FIRE AND Burglar Proof Safes ! VAULT DOORS , JAIL WOHK , Ef * . Repairs of every nature in this line prompt ly and satisfactorily done. New and second-hand safes always on hand. Manulaarorr on Haroey street , one door wenof Vsn Dora's mnchine shopi , OMABA. . . un5tf RAILROADS. ABD Pennsylvania R , R , Line , Condensed Time Table NOVEMBER , 1875. TIIAIN8LEAVE CHICAt.o DEPOT , Corner Canal and Madlson Streets. ( West 814 On arrival ol Trains trom North and Southwest THIS IS THE ONLY LINE That rnni tne celebrated rroujiAif PALICI CABS from Chicago to Baltimore , Washing' ton CitjvPhlladelphU and New York , WITHOUT CHANGE. VAsk for tickets rla Fort Wayne ani Pennsylvania Linn Tirogb tickets lor sale at al principal tlcke offices , attf lowest current rates. \n 14wlrr F.B.MYERS O.P. AT.A iiP DEPiBTGHE Of TOWS Union Paeine. LKATK. ABBITI. Daily Bxprew..l2 15 P. M. 3 45P. M do Mixed - 445 do 930 dt do Freight - 500A.M. 515 do do do - 830 do 1115A.M Tim * Card of thu Burlington Rout * . LX1TB OH AHA. AREIVE OMAHA. Express..4M P. M. Express 10 00 A. M Mailt 510A.M. MaiU 10 40 P. M { Sundays Eicepted JSundays Eicepted. This is the only line running Pullmai Hotel dining oars. H. P. DETJEL. Ticket agent. Omaha. Neb , Chicago , Rock Island & Pacific , Mail ! 5 10 AM. tlO 40 P. M Express00 P.M. 10 00 A. M ISundays Eicepted. Chicago & Northw.ilern. Maill - . 5 10 A. M. { 10 40 P. M Express - i 00 P. M. 40 00 A. M tSandays Eicepted. Kintss City & St. Louis Short Lin * . Morning Ex.A.M. . 8 50 A. M Evening Ex P.M. 7 10 P. M , The only line running Pullman Sleeping Cars ont of Omaha to Union Depot. St. Louis. FRANK E. MOORE8 , A. C , DA WES. Ticket Agent , Qen P. & T. Ag't. . Omaha , Neb. St. Joe. Missouri. Omahi & Northw i4 ra ind 8iux City t Palflc Railroads. Mail Expreis .8-00 A.M. 2:00 P. M Daily except Sundays. B. A M. R. R. in Nebraska. Ke rnyJnnEx-9:05 A. M. 3:45 P. M St. Louis Ex. .9:57 A.M. 4:00 P. M Plattsm'th Ao-6OC P. M. 8:50 A. M Omnibuses and baggage wagons leave the office Grand Central Hotel fifteen minutes in advance of the above railroad time. ISO OF MAILS ID OMAB. SOUTH. DUE. OLOBK. WJBT. r. K. A. IT. U. P. R. R 4:00 11:20 KABT. C. A N. W. R. B 11:01 4:00 C. R. I. 4 P. R. R..ll:00 4:00 B. & M. R. R 11:00 4:00 SOUTH. C. B. 4 St. Joe 7Sn 4:00 0. AS. W. R. R . 8:20 8:20 KOBTH. 0. A N. W. R. R 2:50 7:45 Chicago and all Eastern cities , Nebraska City , and Council Rluffs , due at 11:00 a. m. . closes at 4:00 a. m. , and 2:40 p. m. St. Louis and St. Joseph , due at 11:00 a. m. and 7 30 p. m. ; closes at 240 a.m. 2 46 p. m. Omse open Sundays from 12 tel p. m. f1 B YOST Pn tma t r TIHIIE ! STJIsT. 1877 NEW YORK , 1877 The different edU.onsof THBSmf daring the year will be the same as during th * year that has just passed. The daily edition will on week days be a sheet of four papes , and on Sunday a sheet of eight pages , of 56 broad columns ; while the weekly edition will be a sheet oi eight pages of the same dimen sions and character that are already famil iar to our friends. Tea BUN will continue to be the strennous advocate of reform and retrenchment , and of the substitution of statesmanship , wis dom , and integrity for hollow pretense , im becility and fraud in the administration of public offairs. It will contend for the gov ernment of the people by the people and for the people , as opposed to government by frauds in tne ballot-box andlntbe counting of votes , enforced by military violence. It will endeavor to supply its readers a body not tar from a million souls with the most careful , complete , and trustworthy accounts of current events , and will eranlor for this purpose a numerous and carefully selected staff of reporters and correspondents. Its report * from Washington , especially.will be full , accurate , and fea-less : and it will doubtless continue to deserve and enjoy the hatred of those who thrive hy plundering the Treasury or by usurping what th * law does not give them , while it will endeavor to merit the confidence of the public by de fending tne rights of the people against th * encroachments of unjustified powers The price of the daily snn will be 55 cents a month or $6.50 a year , post paid or with the Sunday edition 87.70 a year. The Sunday edition alone , eight pages. 81.20 a year post paid. The weakly Sun , eight pages of 56 broad columns , will be furnished during 1877at the rate of SI a year , post paid. The benefit of this large redaction from the previous rate for the weekly can be en joyed by individual subscribers without the necessity of makinr up clubs. At the same time if any of oar friends choose to aid in extending our circulation , we shall be grate ful to them , and every such person who Bends us ten or more subscribers from one place will be entitled to one copy of the paper for himself without charge. At one dollar a year , postage paid , the expenses of paper and printing are barely repaid ; and considering the siie of the sheet and the ijualitp of its contents , we are confident the people will consider the weekly San the cheapest newspaper published in the world , and we trust aisoone of ihe very best. Address. THE SUN. New York Cltr. N. T. LEGAL NOTI.lt. Toihe Orchard Gitjl Agrieultural Work * , and Portmouth grteultural Worlu , non-rai der defendants. You are hereby not'fied th&ton he 28ti lay of Oecejiber jH76 a bill of particulars ijas filed in the County Courtof Douglas County. Nebraska , by Dan Burr as u lain tin. ind against , ou as defendants , he oojnct ind prayer of which is the collection of . ne lindred and twen y dolltra ani forty three : ente (910,43) ( ) claimed * y said > laintiff tor a8h paid for _ freight of defendants goods ind f r repairs sad storage of said go > ds. kou are required to answer said bill of par- oculars on the 5th d iv of February 18 i. Wit.tL. PEABODY. an3-w4t Attorney for plaintiff1. ADVERTISING ptptn. - - jougrngr ar-jif il.c't3rouliutn ! K will , unlj nn MISCELLANEOUS. ESTABLISHED 1846. MMiBninswicki factory SM. 7 , 9,11,13,15,17 and 19 , Rush dt. . North Wawir and Michl/m Streets OHM , n Warehouse , 47 , 49 and 65. State St. , Chi ao. SOLEMAhUFACTURERS Or THE Patent Novelty Beveled Billiard Table' The Grand Central Billiard roem , Omaha , has jus'.Un supplied with seven new Nonpar - Novelties. The proprietor , H. K. Smith , has a iupply of article * on kanl , and is authorized rcrelva orders for th < company. teblSJ . GOGDMAiST WHOLESALE RUGIMST ! Dealer In PAINTS OILS & WWDOW GLASS ii , - - Nebraska. THB - MAFUFACTURED BY TKE Johnson Organ Company PLATTSMOUTH , NEBRASKA. Pint premium awarded at the State Fair at Omaha , 1S75 , over all competitors. Flrit pit m t > m wherever exhibited. Elegant black walnnt cases ; ivory ( rontato keys ; ebony sharp * brats pins ; mortices clothed ; action as qnijfc and perfect as the beat piano ; tuning and voicing ; perfect ; six octavos. Price list a low as that of nay flret-class Instrument. t err organ lull warranted for the term ol ire veura. Alt musicians pronounce them perfect. Look to TOB interest and try these organs before purchasing elsewhere. 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AS STATED , WlfH "The Omaha Weekly Bee , " FOB , SIX MONTHS On LIST OF BOOKS : Aesop's Fables : Don Juan ; Gulliver's 'ravels ; Robin Hood ; Lalla Roote ; Pope's lomer's Odyssey ; Pope's Homer's Illiad ; lobinson Crusoe ; Arabian Nights ; Die * tionary of Leve : Franco Prussian War : Language and Poetry of Flowers ; Don [ uixotte ; Scottish Chiefs : Wandering Jew ; .neodotes of Napoleon ; Burns Poems ; By- ron.s Poems ; Byron's Select Poems ; By ron' * Choice Poemi ; Cook's Voyages ; Moore's Choice Works : Dryden's Virgil ; 'erfeot Gentleman ; Perfect Lady ; Life of Tapoleon : Milton's Poems ; Mysteries of 'aris ; Royal Fortune Teller : Dream Book : Jcott's Lady of the Lake : Lay of the Lot Minstrel ; Marmion ; Coleridge's Poetical and Dramatic Works : Tales and Stories Ireland ; Anecdotes ef Lord Nelson : Cook's Letter Writer ; Dryden's Poetical Works : The History of England ; History of the R-jsiian War ; Goldsmith's Poetical Worki ; Life of WelUnc on ; Life of CromwMl ; Life of Nelson ; Pope's Poetical Works , Shelley's Select Works : Walter Scot Lords of the Isles ; Woodward's Sel Poem ; Exploits of King Arthar. 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