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THE PUCK NOVELS

UNDER the above title will be issued, in rapid succession, a series of stories by the most popular Foreign and American authors. These will be stories with a single continuous plot, containing the pith of what in more pretentious works is usually extended over a wide field. The series will be handsomely printed, tastefully bound in cloth, and published at 75 cents.

• No. 1.—THE COMING RACE. By BULWER LYTTON. "Together with his usual strength of style and power of arousing interest, 'The Coming Race' contains a vein of philosophy peculiarly interesting to those who study social questions and science."
• No. 2.—THE BELLS. A Romantic Story from the French novel, "Le Juif Polonais." By MM. ERCKMANN-CHATRIAN, authors, also, of the play "The Bells," which is founded upon this story.
• No. 3.—POWDER AND GOLD. A Story of the Franco-Prussian War. From the German of LEVIN SCHUCKING.
• No. 4.—A BROWN-STONE FRONT. A Story of New York Society. By CHANDOS FULTON.

HENRY L. HINTON, Publisher, No. 744 BROADWAY, NEW YORK.

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Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1873, by HENRY L. HINTON, in the Office of the Librarian of Congress at Washington.

CONTENTS.

• CHAPTER I. A SUNSET SCENE, 13
• CHAPTER II. AN OUTLINE OF A CHARACTER, 22
• CHAPTER III. A BIT OF FAMILY HISTORY, 32
• CHAPTER IV. THE IDIOT AND HIS MASTER, 41
• CHAPTER V. THE LOVERS' SECRET, 49
• CHAPTER VI. ALMOST A COMPACT, 57
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• CHAPTER VII. A SUIT OF HEARTS, 76
• CHAPTER VIII. A WHITE RIBBON, AND A CONSCRIPT, 83
• CHAPTER IX. THE SLIMY TRAIL OF A SERPENT, 99
• CHAPTER X. A COUNCIL OF EXPEDIENCY, 109
• CHAPTER XI. FOILED, 118
• CHAPTER XII. PRIVATE PIERRE NIEGE, 129
• CHAPTER XIII. ON THE ROAD TO DANTZIC, 139
• CHAPTER XIV. A FAMILY JAR, 153
• CHAPTER XV. THE VIVANDIERE, 165
• CHAPTER XVI. A BIVOUAC QUARREL, 176
• CHAPTER XVII. A SINGLE RAY OF SUNSHINE, 187
• CHAPTER XVIII. A RUSSIAN PRISONER, 197
• CHAPTER XIX. A DISCOVERY, 205
• CHAPTER XX. ALMOST A RIVAL, 216
• CHAPTER XXI. THE WORK OF A PRUSSIAN SPY, 223
• CHAPTER XXII. THE STORY OF A NECKLACE, 236
• CHAPTER XXIII. THE IDIOT'S MISSION, 244
• CHAPTER XXIV. THE REMNANT OF A SECRET, 255
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• CHAPTER XXV. A TRIP OF EXPLORATION, 262
• CHAPTER XXVI. WHAT A MESSAGE MEANT, 274
• CHAPTER XXVII. DUPREZ'S UNCERTAIN VISITOR, 281
• CHAPTER XXVIII. THE RENEGADE'S PRISONER, 286
• CHAPTER XXIX. WHAT A SPY DISCOVERED, 296
• CHAPTER XXX. AN ESCAPE NOT COUNTED UPON, 305
• CHAPTER XXXI. AN INTERRUPTED STORY, 313
• CHAPTER XXXII. A DEATHBED SECRET, 320
• CHAPTER XXXIII. THE RETURN TO ALSACE, 327
• CHAPTER XXXIV. A COUNCIL OF THREE, 332
• CHAPTER XXXV. SOME INFORMATION FOR DUPREZ, 340
• CHAPTER XXXVI. CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE, 346
• CHAPTER XXXVII. THE IDIOT'S WORK COMPLETED, 353