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- AURIOL
- OR
- THE ELIXIR OF LIFE
- AUTHOR OF "THE TOWER OF LONDON" WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY H. K. BROWNE AUTHOR'S COPYRIGHT EDITION LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS, Limited Broadway, Ludgate Hill 1898 Printed by Ballantyne, Hanson & Co. At the Ballantyne Press
- The mysterious interview in Hyde Park
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- PROLOGUE
- 1599 DR. LAMB
- The Elixir of Long Life.
- BOOK THE FIRST
- EBBA
- CHAPTER I
- THE RUINED HOUSE IN THE VAUXHALL ROAD
- The Ruined house in the Vauxhall Road
- CHAPTER II
- THE DOG-FANCIER
- The Dog-fancier.
- CHAPTER III
- THE HAND AND THE CLOAK
- The Hand and the Cloak.
- CHAPTER IV
- THE IRON-MERCHANT'S DAUGHTER
- The Iron-merchant's Daughter.
- CHAPTER V
- THE MEETING NEAR THE STATUE
- CHAPTER VI
- THE CHARLES THE SECOND SPANIEL
- CHAPTER VII
- THE HAND AGAIN!
- CHAPTER VIII
- THE BARBER OF LONDON
- The Barber of London.
- CHAPTER IX
- THE MOON IN THE FIRST QUARTER
- Seizure of Ebba.
- CHAPTER X
- THE STATUE AT CHARING CROSS
- Antiquaries.
- CHAPTER XI
- PREPARATIONS
- CHAPTER XII
- THE CHAMBER OF MYSTERY
- The Chamber of Mystery.
- END OF THE FIRST BOOK
- INTERMEAN
- 1800
- CHAPTER I
- THE TOMB OF THE ROSICRUCIAN
- The Tomb of the Rosicrucian.
- CHAPTER II
- THE COMPACT
- The Compact.
- CHAPTER III
- IRRESOLUTION
- CHAPTER IV
- EDITH TALBOT
- CHAPTER V
- THE SEVENTH NIGHT
- The significant whisper.
- END OF THE INTERMEAN
- BOOK THE SECOND
- CYPRIAN ROUGEMONT
- CHAPTER I
- THE CELL
- CHAPTER II
- THE ENCHANTED CHAIRS
- The Enchanted Chairs.
- CHAPTER III
- GERARD PASTON
- CHAPTER IV
- THE PIT
- CHAPTER V
- NEW PERPLEXITIES
- Rougemont's device to perplex Auriol.
- CHAPTER VI
- DOCTOR LAMB AGAIN
- THE OLD LONDON MERCHANT
- A SKETCH Flos Mercatorum.—Epitaph on Whittington
- A NIGHT'S ADVENTURE IN ROME
- CHAPTER I
- SANTA MARIA MAGGIORE
- CHAPTER II
- THE MARCHESA
- THE END
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