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Title: The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 1 of 6

Author: Eugene Sue

Illustrators: G. Mercier
Bicknell
Leon Poiteau
Adrian Marcel

Release Date: September 22, 2010 [EBook #33800]

Language: English

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[Illustration: _Portrait of Eugene Sue_
Etching by Bicknell, from a portrait]

+The Mysteries of Paris.+

_ILLUSTRATED WITH ETCHINGS
BY MERCIER, BICKNELL, POITEAU,
AND ADRIAN MARCEL._

_BY EUGENE SUE_

_IN SIX VOLUMES
VOLUME I._

_PRINTED FOR
FRANCIS A. NICCOLLS & CO.
BOSTON_

_EDITION DE LUXE._

_Limited to One Thousand Copies._

No. _____

CONTENTS.

CHAP. PAGE
I. THE TAPIS-FRANC 11
II. THE OGRESS 19
III. HISTORY OF LA GOUALEUSE 31
IV. THE CHOURINEUR'S HISTORY 47
V. THE ARREST 59
VI. THOMAS SEYTON AND THE COUNTESS SARAH 67
VII. "YOUR MONEY OR YOUR LIFE" 74
VIII. THE WALK 80
IX. THE SURPRISE 90
X. CASTLES IN THE AIR 99
XI. MURPHY AND RODOLPH 119
XII. THE RENDEZVOUS 137
XIII. PREPARATIONS 150
XIV. T