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Title: Black Diamonds

Author: Mor Jokai

Translator: Frances A. Gerard

Release Date: June 3, 2010 [EBook #32668]

Language: English

Character set encoding: ASCII

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[Illustration: Budapest 1896 17/III Dr. Jokai Mor]

MAURUS JOKAI

BLACK DIAMONDS

A Novel

TRANSLATED BY
FRANCES A. GERARD

NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS

Copyright, 1896, by HARPER & BROTHERS.

All rights reserved.

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I. A BLACK PLACE 1
II. THE SLAVE OF THE BLACK DIAMONDS 11
III. THE MAN-EATER 27
IV. A MODERN ALCHEMIST 35
V. THE DOCTOR 50
VI. COUNTESS THEUDELINDE 63
VII. THE COUNTESS'S ALBUM 79
VIII. THE EXORCIST 95
IX. "AN OBSTINATE FELLOW" 132
X. THE HIGHER MATHEMATICS 146
XI. SOIREES AMALGAMANTES 155
XII. RITTER MAGNET 166
XIII. ONLY A TRIFLE 189
XIV. THIRTY-THREE PARTS 207
XV. TWO POINTS 225
XVI. GOOD-BYE 232
XVII. THE LAST REHEARSAL 245
XVIII. FINANCIAL WISDOM 253
XIX. FILTHY LUCRE 259
XX. NO, EVELINE! 278
XXI. RESPECT FOR HALINA CLOTH 291
XXII. TWO SUPPLIANTS 301
XXIII. FINANCIAL INTRIGUE 312
XXIV. THE BONDAVARA RAILWAY 317
XXV. THE POOR DEAR PRINCE 324
XXVI. DIES IRAE 327
XXVII. FROM THE SUBLIME TO THE RIDICULOUS 348
XXVI