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Title: The Gorgeous Isle
A Romance; Scene: Nevis, B.W.I. 1842

Author: Gertrude Atherton

Release Date: November 19, 2009 [eBook #30502]

Language: English

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THE GORGEOUS ISLE

by

GERTRUDE ATHERTON

A Romance

Scene: Nevis, B. W. I., 1842

Illustrated by C. Coles Phillips

New York
Doubleday, Page & Company
1908

Copyright, 1908, by
The Ess Ess Publishing Company

Copyright, 1908, by Gertrude Atherton
Published, October, 1908

All Rights Reserved, Including That of Translation
into Foreign Languages, Including the Scandinavian

[Illustration: "'But what a joy to see you in colour. How does
it happen?'"]

TO
MRS. SPENCER WIGLEY, OF ST. KITTS, B. W. I.

"We are all souls of fire and children of the sun."
--_Helmholtz_.

ILLUSTRATIONS

"'But what a joy to see you in colour.
How does it happen?'" FRONTISPIECE

"At this point she became aware that
Warner was standing beside her" 74

"'I never wish to see you again'" 174

"Then she left the room again" 216

NOTES

BATH HOUSE. This hotel was erected in 1804 at a cost of L40,000,
although built entirely by slaves. Its varied and brillia