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The Mermaid

by L. Dougall

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Author
Dougall, L. (Lily), 1858-1923
Title
The Mermaid: A Love Tale
Credits
E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Early Canadiana Online ( www.canadiana.org/cihm/)
Language
English
LoC Class
PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Subject
Iles-de-la-Madeleine (Québec) -- Fiction
Category
Text
eBook-No.
20054
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/20054
Release Date
December 7, 2006
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( http://www.pgdp.net/ ) from page images generously made available by Early Canadiana Online ( http://www.canadiana.org/cihm/ ) — THE MERMAID
  2. 2.L. DOUGALL — AUTHOR OF BEGGARS ALL, WHAT NECESSITY KNOWS, ETC. — NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1895 — Copyright , 1895, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
  3. 3.CONTENTS. — BOOK I. — BOOK II. — BOOK III. — ADVERTISEMENTS — THE MERMAID.
  4. 4.BOOK I.
  5. 5.CHAPTER I. — THE BENT TWIG.
  6. 6.CHAPTER II. — THE SAD-EYED CHILD.
  7. 7.CHAPTER III. — LOST IN THE SEA.
  8. 8.CHAPTER IV. — A QUIET LIFE.
  9. 9.CHAPTER V. — SEEN THROUGH BLEAR EYES.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VI. — "FROM HOUR TO HOUR WE RIPE——"
  11. 11.CHAPTER VII. — "A SEA CHANGE."
  12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. — BELIEF IN THE IMPOSSIBLE.
  13. 13.CHAPTER IX. — THE SEA-MAID'S MUSIC.
  14. 14.CHAPTER X. — TOWED BY THE BEARD.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XI. — YEARS OF DISCRETION.
  16. 16.BOOK II.
  17. 17.CHAPTER I. — THE HAND THAT BECKONED.
  18. 18.CHAPTER II. — THE ISLES OF ST. MAGDALEN.
  19. 19.CHAPTER III. — BETWEEN THE SURF AND THE SAND.
  20. 20.CHAPTER IV. — WHERE THE DEVIL LIVED.
  21. 21.CHAPTER V. — DEVILRY.
  22. 22.CHAPTER VI. — THE SEA-MAID.
  23. 23.CHAPTER VII. — THE GRAVE LADY.
  24. 24.CHAPTER VIII. — HOW THEY LIVED ON THE CLOUD.
  25. 25.CHAPTER IX. — THE SICK AND THE DEAD.
  26. 26.CHAPTER X. — A LIGHT-GIVING WORD.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XI. — THE LADY'S HUSBAND.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XII. — THE MAIDEN INVENTED.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XIII. — WHITE BIRDS; WHITE SNOW; WHITE THOUGHTS.
  30. 30.CHAPTER XIV. — THE MARRIAGE SCENE.
  31. 31.BOOK III.
  32. 32.CHAPTER I. — HOW HE HUNTED THE SEALS.
  33. 33.CHAPTER II. — ONCE MORE THE VISION.
  34. 34.CHAPTER III. — "LOVE, I SPEAK TO THY FACE."
  35. 35.CHAPTER IV. — HOPE BORN OF SPRING.
  36. 36.CHAPTER V. — TO THE HIGHER COURT.
  37. 37.CHAPTER VI. — "THE NIGHT IS DARK."
  38. 38.CHAPTER VII. — THE WILD WAVES WHIST.
  39. 39.CHAPTER VIII. — "GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN."
  40. 40.CHAPTER IX. — "GOD'S PUPPETS, BEST AND WORST."
  41. 41.CHAPTER X. — "DEATH SHRIVE THY SOUL!"
  42. 42.CHAPTER XI. — THE RIDDLE OF LIFE.
  43. 43.CHAPTER XII. — TO CALL A SPIRIT FROM THE VASTY DEEP.
  44. 44.CHAPTER XIII. — THE EVENING AND THE MORNING. — THE END.
  45. 45.APPLETON'S TOWN AND COUNTRY LIBRARY. — PUBLISHED SEMIMONTHLY.
  46. 46.GEORG EBERS'S ROMANCES.
  47. 47.NOVELS BY HALL CAINE. — THE MANXMAN. — By Hall Caine . 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — THE DEEMSTER. A Romance of the Isle of Man. — By Hall Caine . 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — CAPT'N DAVY'S HONEYMOON. A Manx Yarn. — By Hall Caine . 12mo. Paper, 50 cts.; cloth, $1.00.
  48. 48.NOVELS BY MAARTEN MAARTENS. — THE GREATER GLORY. A Story of High Life. — By Maarten Maartens , author of "God's Fool," "Joost Avelingh," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — GOD'S FOOL. — By Maarten Maartens . 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — JOOST AVELINGH. — By Maarten Maartens. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — ROUND THE RED LAMP. — By A. Conan Doyle , author of "The White Company," "The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes," "The Refugees," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — A FLASH OF SUMMER. — By Mrs. W. K. Clifford , author of "Love Letters of a Worldly Woman," "Aunt Anne," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — THE LILAC SUNBONNET. A Love Story. — By S. R. Crockett , author of "The Stickit Minister," "The Raiders," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — MAELCHO. — By the Hon. Emily Lawless , author of "Grania," "Hurrish," etc. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — THE LAND OF THE SUN. Vistas Mexicanas. — By Christian Reid , author of "The Land of the Sky," "A Comedy of Elopement," etc. Illustrated. 12mo. Cloth, $1.75.
  49. 49.Books by Mrs. Everard Cotes (Sara Jeannette Duncan). — VERNON'S AUNT. — With many Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25. — A DAUGHTER OF TO-DAY. — A Novel, 12mo. Cloth, $1.50. — A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves. — With 111 Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 12mo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.75. — AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON. — With 80 Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 12mo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.50. — THE SIMPLE ADVENTURES OF A MEM-SAHIB. — With 37 Illustrations by F. H. Townsend . 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
  50. 50.ADA CAMBRIDGE'S NOVELS. — MY GUARDIAN. — 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. — THE THREE MISS KINGS. — 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. — NOT ALL IN VAIN. — 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. — A MARRIAGE CEREMONY. — 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. — A LITTLE MINX. — 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00. — The Press on Ada Cambridge's Books.

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