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Title: Evening Dress
Farce

Author: W. D. Howells

Release Date: January 24, 2009 [EBook #27880]

Language: English

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"WELL, THEN, I SHALL HAVE TO TRUST YOU"]

EVENING DRESS

_Farce_

BY

W. D. HOWELLS

ILLUSTRATED

[Illustration]

NEW YORK AND LONDON

HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

Black and White Series

Illustrated. 32mo, Cloth, 50 cents each.

MY YEAR IN A LOG CABIN. By William Dean Howells.

THE WORK OF WASHINGTON IRVING. By Charles Dudley Warner.

EDWIN BOOTH. By Laurence Hutton.

THE DECISION OF THE COURT. By Brander Matthews.

PHILLIPS BROOKS. By the Rev. Arthur Brooks, D.D.

GEORGE WILLIAM CURTIS. By John White Chadwick.

THE RIVALS. By Francois Coppee.

SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN AFRICA. By Henry M. Stanley.

THE JAPANESE BRIDE. By Naomi Tamura.

GILES COREY, YEOMAN. By Mary E. Wilkins.

WHITTIER. By Mrs. James T. Fields.

SEEN FROM THE SADDLE. By Isa Carrington Cabell.

JAMES RUSSELL LOWELL. An Address. By George William Curtis.

COFFEE AND REPARTEE. By John Kendrick Bangs.

THREE WEEKS IN POLITICS. By John Kendrick Bangs.

A FAMILY CANOE TRIP. By Florence Watters Snedeker.

A LITTLE SWISS SOJOURN. By William Dean Howells.

IN THE VESTIBULE LIMITED. By Brander Matthews.

THIS PICTURE AND THAT. By Brander Matthews.

TRAVELS IN AMERICA 100 YEARS AGO. By Thomas Twining.

THE UNEXPECTED GUESTS.--A LETTER OF INTRODUCTION.--THE ALBANY
DEPOT.--EVENING DRESS.--A LIKELY STORY.--THE MOUSE-TRAP.--THE
GARROTERS.--FIVE O'CLOCK TEA. Farces. Each complete in one volume. By
William Dean Howells.

HARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS, NEW YORK AND LONDON.

Copyright, 1893, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

_All rights reserved._

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