Balsamo the Magician

About this eBook

Author

Maquet, Auguste, 1813-1888

Title

Balsamo, the magician; or, the memoirs of a physician

Credits

Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Linda Hamilton, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese

Subject

France -- History -- Louis XV, 1715-1774 -- Fiction

Category

Text

eBook-No.

45822

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/45822

Release Date

May 30, 2014

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Balsamo, The Magician.
2. 2.CHAPTER I. THE GRAND MASTER OF THE SECRET SOCIETY.
3. 3.CHAPTER II. THE LIVING-WAGON IN THE STORM.
4. 4.CHAPTER III. THE LOVELY LORENZA.
5. 5.CHAPTER IV. GILBERT.
6. 6.CHAPTER V. TAVERNEY AND HIS DAUGHTER.
7. 7.CHAPTER VI. THE CLAIRVOYANT.
8. 8.CHAPTER VII. THE MAID AND THE MISTRESS.
9. 9.CHAPTER VIII. THE HARBINGER.
10. 10.CHAPTER IX. THE KNIGHT OF REDCASTLE.
11. 11.CHAPTER X. MARIE ANTOINETTE.
12. 12.CHAPTER XI. A MARVEL OF MAGIC.
13. 13.CHAPTER XII. TAVERNEY'S PROSPECTS BRIGHTEN.
14. 14.CHAPTER XIII. NICOLE'S DOWER.
15. 15.CHAPTER XIV. THE OUTCAST'S LUCK.
16. 16.CHAPTER XV. TAVERNEY TO THE RESCUE.
17. 17.CHAPTER XVI. THE KING'S FAVORITE.
18. 18.CHAPTER XVII. A ROYAL CLOCK-REPAIRER.
19. 19.CHAPTER XVIII. THE COUNTESS OF BEARN.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIX. CHON SPOILS ALL.
21. 21.CHAPTER XX. ANNOYANCE AND AMUSEMENT.
22. 22.CHAPTER XXI. COUNTESS CUT COUNTESS.
23. 23.CHAPTER XXII. AT A LOSS FOR EVERYTHING.
24. 24.CHAPTER XXIII. THE PRESENTATION.
25. 25.CHAPTER XXIV. THE DAUPHINESS' RECEPTION.
26. 26.CHAPTER XXV. GILBERT SNAPS GOLDEN CHAINS.
27. 27.CHAPTER XXVI. THE OLD BOTANIST.
28. 28.CHAPTER XXVII. MASTER JACQUES.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXVIII. IN THE LOFT.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXIX. WHO MASTER JACQUES WAS.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXX. OLD PATRICIANS AND NEW.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXXI. THE MAGICIAN'S WIFE.
33. 33.CHAPTER XXXII. THE NUN'S HUSBAND.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXXIII. COUNT AND CARDINAL.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXXIV. NEAR NEIGHBORS.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXXV. THE GARDEN HOUSE.
37. 37.CHAPTER XXXVI. BALSAMO AT HOME.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXXVII. THE DOUBLE EXISTENCE.
39. 39.CHAPTER XXXVIII. THE WAKEFUL STATE.
40. 40.CHAPTER XXXIX. THE PREDICTED VISIT.
41. 41.CHAPTER XL. THE ART OF MAKING GOLD.
42. 42.CHAPTER XLI. THE WATER OF LIFE.
43. 43.CHAPTER XLII. THE KING'S NEW AMOUR.
44. 44.CHAPTER XLIII. TWO BIRDS WITH ONE STONE.
45. 45.CHAPTER XLIV. THE PLAN OF ACTION.
46. 46.CHAPTER XLV. TOO GOOD A TEACHER.
47. 47.CHAPTER XLVI. A TERRIBLE WEDDING-NIGHT. — TERMS TO AGENTS.
48. 48.Transcriber's Note

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