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Title: The Nuernberg Stove

Author: Louisa de la Rame (AKA Ouida)

Illustrator: Maria L. Kirk

Release Date: April 6, 2007 [EBook #20997]

Language: English

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THE NUeRNBERG STOVE

EIGHTH EDITION

[Illustration: FOR WHAT HE SAW WAS NOTHING LESS THAN ALL THE
BRIC-A-BRAC IN MOTION _Page 64_]

THE NUeRNBERG STOVE

BY
LOUISA DE LA RAME
(OUIDA)

_ILLUSTRATED IN COLOR BY_

MARIA L. KIRK

[Illustration]

PHILADELPHIA AND LONDON
J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

COPYRIGHT, 1909, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY

PRINTED BY J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY
AT THE WASHINGTON SQUARE PRESS
PHILADELPHIA. U. S. A.

ILLUSTRATIONS

PAGE

FOR WHAT HE SAW WAS NOTHING LESS THAN ALL THE BRIC-A-BRAC
IN MOTION _Frontispiece_

HE WENT ON THROUGH THE STREETS, PAST THE STONE MAN-AT-ARMS
OF THE GUARD-HOUSE 9

"IT IS A SIN, IT IS A THEFT, IT IS AN INFAMY," HE SAID 34

AUGUST OPENED THE WINDOW, CRAMMED THE SNOW INTO HIS MOUTH
AGAIN AND AGAIN 55

THE NUeRNBERG STOVE

I

August lived in a little town called Hall. Hall is a favorite
name for several towns in Austria and in Germany; but this one
especial little Hall, in the Upper Innthal, is one of the most
c