SEACLIFF OR THE MYSTERY OF THE WESTERVELTS.
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SEACLIFF OR THE MYSTERY OF THE WESTERVELTS.
BYJ. W. DE FOREST,
AUTHOR OF "ORIENTAL ACQUAINTANCE," "EUROPEAN ACQUAINTANCE," ETC., ETC.BOSTON: PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY.
M DCCC LIX.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1859, by PHILLIPS, SAMPSON AND COMPANY, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts. RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE: STEREOTYPED AND PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.
CONTENTS.
- I. THE HOUSE OF SEACLIFF. 7
- II. THE PEOPLE OF SEACLIFF. 14
- III. THE GAYETIES OF SEACLIFF. 29
- IV. DOMICILIATION. 43
- V. CEREMONIAL AND MORAL. 53
- VI. EQUESTRIAN AND EMOTIONAL. 67
- VII. A MOTHER IN ISRAEL, AND TWO SONS OF BELIAL. 83
- VIII. MR. WESTERVELT. 95
- IX. A VOYAGE OF DISCOVERY. 107
- X. CERTAIN DISCOVERIES. 122
- XI. APPROACHING THE MYSTERY. 137
- XII. A CHANGE IN THE MYSTERY. 153
- XIII. GENEVIEVE AND COUSIN JULE. 170
- XIV. A FLIRTATION, AND A FINGER-RING. 187
- XV. A FRIGHT AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 204
- XVI. THE SORROWS OF HUNTER. 219
- XVII. THE MYSTERY A TORMENT. 238
- XVIII. SAD HEART, AND SILLY HEAD. 254
- XIX. IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN. 269
- XX. CAKES AND ALE. 274
- XXI. A RAY OF LIGHT. 287
- XXII. TWILIGHT DIALOGUES. 305
- XXIII. REJECTED ADDRESSES. 319
- XXIV. RESULTS OF REJECTED ADDRESSES. 335
- XXV. THE OLD, OLD STORY. 346
- XXVI. WESTERVELT, SENIOR. 356
- XXVII. OPEN PLEASURES, AND SECRET SORROWS. 368
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- XXVIII. TRYING TO BELL THE CAT. 383
- XXIX. THE MYSTERY FORCED. 399
- XXX. CONFESSION. 414
- XXXI. THE PRESENCE OF DEATH. 430
- XXXII. FUNEREAL. 448
- XXXIII. TWO YEARS AFTER. 462
