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A SHADOW.
TRUMPS. A Novel.
ByGEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS,
AUTHOR OF "NILE NOTES OF A HOWADJI," "THE HOWADJI IN SYRIA," "THE POTIPHAR PAPERS," PRUE AND I," ETC.ILLUSTRATED BY AUGUSTUS HOPPIN.
NEW YORK:
HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS,
FRANKLIN SQUARE.
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the Southern District of New York.
CONTENTS.
- CHAPTER I. SCHOOL BEGINS. 9
- CHAPTER II. HOPE WAYNE. 12
- CHAPTER III. AVE MARIA! 19
- CHAPTER IV. NIGHT. 25
- CHAPTER V. PEEWEE PREACHING. 30
- CHAPTER VI. EXPERIMENTUM CRUCIS. 34
- CHAPTER VII. CASTLE DANGEROUS. 36
- CHAPTER VIII. AFTER THE BATTLE. 44
- CHAPTER IX. NEWS FROM HOME. 47
- CHAPTER X. BEGINNING TO SKETCH. 52
- CHAPTER XI. A VERDICT AND A SENTENCE. 56
- CHAPTER XII. HELP, HO! 62
- CHAPTER XIII. SOCIETY. 68
- CHAPTER XIV. A NEW YORK MERCHANT. 76
- CHAPTER XV. A SCHOOL-BOY NO LONGER. 80
- CHAPTER XVI. PHILOSOPHY. 86
- CHAPTER XVII. OF GIRLS AND FLOWERS. 91
- CHAPTER XVIII. OLD FRIENDS AND NEW. 95
- CHAPTER XIX. DOG-DAYS. 102
- CHAPTER XX. AUNT MARTHA. 109
- CHAPTER XXI. THE CAMPAIGN. 116
- CHAPTER XXII. THE FINE ARTS. 124
- CHAPTER XXIII. BONIFACE NEWT, SON, & CO., DRY GOODS ON COMMISSION. 129
- CHAPTER XXIV. "QUEEN AND HUNTRESS." 138
- CHAPTER XXV. A STATESMAN—AND STATESWOMAN. 142
- CHAPTER XXVI. THE PORTRAIT AND THE MINIATURE. 151
- CHAPTER XXVII. GABRIEL AT HOME. 160
- CHAPTER XXVIII. BORN TO BE A BACHELOR. 167
- CHAPTER XXIX. MR. ABEL NEWT, GRAND STREET. 172
- CHAPTER XXX. CHECK. 178
- CHAPTER XXXI. AT DELMONICO'S. 183
- CHAPTER XXXII. MRS. THEODORE KINGFISHER AT HOME. On dansera. 189
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- CHAPTER XXXIII. ANOTHER TURN IN THE WALTZ. 202
- CHAPTER XXXIV. HEAVEN'S LAST BEST GIFT. 209
- CHAPTER XXXV. MOTHER-IN-LAW AND DAUGHTER-IN-LAW. 213
- CHAPTER XXXVI. THE BACK WINDOW. 215
- CHAPTER XXXVII. ABEL NEWT vice SLIGO MOULTRIE REMOVED. 221
- CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE DAY AFTER THE WEDDING. 227
- CHAPTER XXXIX. A FIELD-DAY. 233
- CHAPTER XL. AT THE ROUND TABLE. 243
- CHAPTER XLI. A LITTLE DINNER. 248
- CHAPTER XLII. CLEARING AND CLOUDY. 257
- CHAPTER XLIII. WALKING HOME. 263
- CHAPTER XLIV. CHURCH GOING. 267
- CHAPTER XLV. IN CHURCH. 271
- CHAPTER XLVI. IN ANOTHER CHURCH. 275
- CHAPTER XLVII. DEATH. 279
- CHAPTER XLVIII. THE HEIRESS. 284
- CHAPTER XLIX. A SELECT PARTY. 294
- CHAPTER L. WINE AND TRUTH. 303
- CHAPTER LI. A WARNING. 309
- CHAPTER LII. BREAKFAST. 316
- CHAPTER LIII. SLIGO MOULTRIE vice ABEL NEWT. 321
- CHAPTER LIV. CLOUDS AND DARKNESS. 323
- CHAPTER LV. ARTHUR MERLIN'S GREAT PICTURE. 329
- CHAPTER LVI. REDIVIVUS. 334
- CHAPTER LVII. DINING WITH LAWRENCE NEWT. 339
- CHAPTER LVIII. THE HEALTH OF THE JUNIOR PARTNER. 342
- CHAPTER LIX. MRS. ALFRED DINKS. 345
- CHAPTER LX. POLITICS. 350
- CHAPTER LXI. GONE TO PROTEST. 356
- CHAPTER LXII. THE CRASH, UP TOWN. 359
- CHAPTER LXIII. ENDYMION. 366
- CHAPTER LXIV. DIANA. 371
- CHAPTER LXV. THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE. 374
- CHAPTER LXVI. MENTOR AND TELEMACHUS. 382
- CHAPTER LXVII. WIRES. 384
- CHAPTER LXVIII. THE INDUSTRIOUS APPRENTICE. 389
- CHAPTER LXIX. IN AND OUT. 391
- CHAPTER LXX. THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PEOPLE. 395
- CHAPTER LXXI. RICHES HAVE WINGS. 400
- CHAPTER LXXII. GOOD-BY. 406
- CHAPTER LXXIII. THE BELCH PLATFORM. 413
- CHAPTER LXXIV. MIDNIGHT. 418
- CHAPTER LXXV. REMINISCENCE. 422
- CHAPTER LXXVI. A SOCIAL GLASS. 434
- CHAPTER LXXVII. FACE TO FACE. 440
- CHAPTER LXXVIII. FINISHING PICTURES. 444
- CHAPTER LXXIX. THE LAST THROW. 447
- CHAPTER LXXX. CLOUDS BREAKING. 451
- CHAPTER LXXXI. MRS. ALFRED DINKS AT HOME. 455
- CHAPTER LXXXII. THE LOST IS FOUND. 462
- CHAPTER LXXXIII. MRS. DELILAH JONES. 467
- CHAPTER LXXXIV. PROSPECTS OF HAPPINESS. 473
- CHAPTER LXXXV. GETTING READY. 476
- CHAPTER LXXXVI. IN THE CITY. 480
- CHAPTER LXXXVII. A LONG JOURNEY. 486
- CHAPTER LXXXVIII. WAITING. 491
- CHAPTER LXXXIX. DUST TO DUST. 493
- CHAPTER XC. UNDER THE MISLETOE. 499