The Three Brides, Love in a Cottage, and Other Tales

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Author

Durivage, Francis A. (Francis Alexander), 1814-1881

Credits

Produced by Barbara Tozier, Bill Tozier, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

Short stories

Category

Text

eBook-No.

17669

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/17669

Release Date

February 3, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE THREE BRIDES, LOVE IN A COTTAGE, — AND OTHER TALES — BY
2. 2.FRANCIS A. DURIVAGE. — BOSTON: SANBORN, CARTER, BAZIN & CO., — 25 & 29 CORNHILL. — TO
3. 3.THIS VOLUME — IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.TABLE OF CONTENTS.
6. 6.THE GOLDSMITH'S DAUGHTER. — A LEGEND OF MADRID.
7. 7.PHILETUS POTTS. — A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
8. 8.THE GONDOLIER.
9. 9.THE SURRENDER OF CORNWALLIS. — A MILITARY SKETCH.
10. 10.THE THREE BRIDES.
11. 11.CALIFORNIA SPECULATION.
12. 12.THE FRENCH GUARDSMAN.
13. 13.PERSONAL SATISFACTION.
14. 14.THE CASTLE ON THE RHINE.
15. 15.LOVE IN A COTTAGE.
16. 16.THE CAREER OF AN ARTIST.
17. 17.SOUVENIRS OF A RETIRED OYSTERMAN IN ILL HEALTH.
18. 18.THE NEW YEAR'S STOCKINGS.
19. 19.THE OBLIGING YOUNG MAN.
20. 20.EULALIE LASALLE. — A STORY OF THE REIGN OF TERROR.
21. 21.THE OLD CITY PUMP.
22. 22.THE TWO PORTRAITS.
23. 23.UNCLE OBED. — A FULL LENGTH PORTRAIT IN PEN AND INK.
24. 24.THE CASKET OF JEWELS.
25. 25.ACTING CHARADES.
26. 26.THE GREEN CHAMBER.
27. 27.HE WASN'T A HORSE JOCKEY.
28. 28.FUNERAL SHADOWS. — A MYSTERY.
29. 29.THE LATE ELIAS MUGGS, — CAPTAIN IN THE M. V. M.
30. 30.THE SOLDIER'S WIFE.
31. 31.A KISS ON DEMAND.
32. 32.THE RIFLE SHOT. — A MADMAN'S CONFESSION.
33. 33.THE WATER CURE.
34. 34.THE COSSACK. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II.
35. 35.MARRIED FOR MONEY.
36. 36.THE EMIGRANT SHIP.
37. 37.THE LAST OF THE STAGE COACHES. — A FRAGMENT OF A CLUB-ROOM CONVERSATION.
38. 38.THE SEXTON OF ST. HUBERT'S. — A STORY OF OLD ENGLAND. — CHAPTER I. — THE QUEEN OF THE MAY. — CHAPTER II. — THE GYPSY CAMP. — CHAPTER III. — RETRIBUTION.
39. 39.JACK WITHERS.
40. 40.THE SILVER HAMMER.
41. 41.THE CHRIST CHURCH CHIMES.
42. 42.THE POLISH SLAVE.
43. 43.OBEYING ORDERS.
44. 44.THE DEACON'S HORSE.
45. 45.THE CONTRABANDISTA. — A TALE OF THE PACIFIC COAST.
46. 46.THE STAGE-STRUCK GENTLEMAN.
47. 47.THE DIAMOND STAR; — THE ENGLISHMAN'S ADVENTURE. — A STORY OF VALENCIA.
48. 48.THE GAME OF CHANCE. — CHAPTER I. — CHAPTER II.
49. 49.THE SOLDIER'S SON.
50. 50.TAKING CHARGE OF A LADY.
51. 51.THE NEW YEAR'S BELLS.
52. 52.THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW.

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