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- The Project Gutenberg eBook, The Mermaid, by Lily Dougall
- E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Martin Pettit, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team (http://www.pgdp.net/) from page images generously made available by Early Canadiana Online (http://www.canadiana.org/cihm/)
- THE MERMAID
- A LOVE TALE
- BY
- L. DOUGALL
- AUTHOR OF BEGGARS ALL, WHAT NECESSITY KNOWS, ETC.
- NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1895
- Copyright, 1895, By D. APPLETON AND COMPANY.
- CONTENTS.
- BOOK I.
- BOOK II.
- BOOK III.
- ADVERTISEMENTS
- A LOVE TALE
- THE MERMAID.
- BOOK I.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE BENT TWIG.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE SAD-EYED CHILD.
- CHAPTER III.
- LOST IN THE SEA.
- CHAPTER IV.
- A QUIET LIFE.
- CHAPTER V.
- SEEN THROUGH BLEAR EYES.
- CHAPTER VI.
- "FROM HOUR TO HOUR WE RIPE——"
- CHAPTER VII.
- "A SEA CHANGE."
- CHAPTER VIII.
- BELIEF IN THE IMPOSSIBLE.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE SEA-MAID'S MUSIC.
- CHAPTER X.
- TOWED BY THE BEARD.
- CHAPTER XI.
- YEARS OF DISCRETION.
- BOOK II.
- CHAPTER I.
- THE HAND THAT BECKONED.
- CHAPTER II.
- THE ISLES OF ST. MAGDALEN.
- CHAPTER III.
- BETWEEN THE SURF AND THE SAND.
- CHAPTER IV.
- WHERE THE DEVIL LIVED.
- CHAPTER V.
- DEVILRY.
- CHAPTER VI.
- THE SEA-MAID.
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE GRAVE LADY.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- HOW THEY LIVED ON THE CLOUD.
- CHAPTER IX.
- THE SICK AND THE DEAD.
- CHAPTER X.
- A LIGHT-GIVING WORD.
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE LADY'S HUSBAND.
- CHAPTER XII.
- THE MAIDEN INVENTED.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- WHITE BIRDS; WHITE SNOW; WHITE THOUGHTS.
- CHAPTER XIV.
- THE MARRIAGE SCENE.
- BOOK III.
- CHAPTER I.
- HOW HE HUNTED THE SEALS.
- CHAPTER II.
- ONCE MORE THE VISION.
- CHAPTER III.
- "LOVE, I SPEAK TO THY FACE."
- CHAPTER IV.
- HOPE BORN OF SPRING.
- CHAPTER V.
- TO THE HIGHER COURT.
- CHAPTER VI.
- "THE NIGHT IS DARK."
- CHAPTER VII.
- THE WILD WAVES WHIST.
- CHAPTER VIII.
- "GOD'S IN HIS HEAVEN."
- CHAPTER IX.
- "GOD'S PUPPETS, BEST AND WORST."
- CHAPTER X.
- "DEATH SHRIVE THY SOUL!"
- CHAPTER XI.
- THE RIDDLE OF LIFE.
- CHAPTER XII.
- TO CALL A SPIRIT FROM THE VASTY DEEP.
- CHAPTER XIII.
- THE EVENING AND THE MORNING.
- THE END.
- THE EVENING AND THE MORNING.
- ADVERTISEMENTS
- APPLETON'S TOWN AND COUNTRY LIBRARY.
- PUBLISHED SEMIMONTHLY.
- GEORG EBERS'S ROMANCES.
- NOVELS BY HALL CAINE.
- THE MANXMAN.
- THE DEEMSTER. A Romance of the Isle of Man.
- CAPT'N DAVY'S HONEYMOON. A Manx Yarn.
- NOVELS BY MAARTEN MAARTENS.
- THE GREATER GLORY. A Story of High Life.
- GOD'S FOOL.
- JOOST AVELINGH.
- ROUND THE RED LAMP.
- A FLASH OF SUMMER.
- THE LILAC SUNBONNET. A Love Story.
- MAELCHO.
- THE LAND OF THE SUN. Vistas Mexicanas.
- Books by Mrs. Everard Cotes (Sara Jeannette Duncan).
- VERNON'S AUNT.
- With many Illustrations. 12mo. Cloth, $1.25.
- A DAUGHTER OF TO-DAY.
- A Novel, 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
- A SOCIAL DEPARTURE: How Orthodocia and I Went Round the World by Ourselves.
- With 111 Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 12mo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.75.
- AN AMERICAN GIRL IN LONDON.
- With 80 Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 12mo. Paper, 75 cents; cloth, $1.50.
- THE SIMPLE ADVENTURES OF A MEM-SAHIB.
- With 37 Illustrations by F. H. Townsend. 12mo. Cloth, $1.50.
- VERNON'S AUNT.
- ADA CAMBRIDGE'S NOVELS.
- MY GUARDIAN.
- 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
- THE THREE MISS KINGS.
- 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
- NOT ALL IN VAIN.
- 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
- A MARRIAGE CEREMONY.
- 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
- A LITTLE MINX.
- 12mo. Paper, 50 cents; cloth, $1.00.
- The Press on Ada Cambridge's Books.
- MY GUARDIAN.
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